Hawaiian noun · Sea
āhipalaha
Pronunciation: /ah-hee-pah-lah-hah/
Meaning
Albacore tuna
Example sentences
Ua ʻai kaʻu ʻohana i ka ʻawa ʻawa ʻo ka lāpaki ʻōpio me ka ʻono o ka ʻiʻo āhipalaha.
My family ate roasted young pig with the delicious flesh of the albacore tuna.
Ke kali nei au i ka pāʻani kalapu no ka mea ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i nā lawaiʻa he nui o ka āhipalaha.
I am waiting for the club meeting because he has collected many albacore tuna catches.
Nui ke kuai ana i ka āhipalaha ma ko mākou mākeke i kēlā me kēia lā.
There is a lot of selling of albacore tuna in our market every day.
About this word
“āhipalaha” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Albacore tuna. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Sea. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.