Hawaiian Noun Phrase · Land
ʻakaʻaka pali
Pronunciation: /ah-kah-ah-kah pah-lee/
Meaning
A small cave or hollow in a cliff face, a rock shelter.
Example sentences
Ua ʻike au i ka ʻakaʻaka pali kahi i peʻe ai ka manu.
I saw the small cave where the bird was hiding.
He wahi maikaʻi ka ʻakaʻaka pali no ka hoʻomalu ʻana mai o ka lā.
The rock shelter is a good place to take shade from the sun.
Hoʻomanaʻo mai au i koʻu wā kamaliʻi e pāʻani ana ma ka ʻakaʻaka pali.
I remember my childhood playing in the cliff hollow.
About this word
“ʻakaʻaka pali” is a Hawaiian noun phrase meaning A small cave or hollow in a cliff face, a rock shelter. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.