ʻŪlei — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /OO-leh-ee/ — syllables: OO · leh · ee
Meaning
A native Hawaiian shrub (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia) with small, white flowers and black berries.
How to pronounce ʻŪlei
Hawaiian vowels are always sounded separately. A kahakō (line above a vowel) lengthens it; the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in “uh-oh”.
Frequently asked
What does ʻŪlei mean?
A native Hawaiian shrub (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia) with small, white flowers and black berries.
How do you pronounce ʻŪlei?
ʻŪlei is pronounced /OO-leh-ee/ — broken into syllables: OO · leh · ee. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is ʻŪlei a noun?
Yes — ʻŪlei is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Nature category.
Where does this definition come from?
Definitions and pronunciations on hawaiian-words.com are drawn from the authoritative Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary (rev. ed. 1986), the standard scholarly reference for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.