Hawaiian Noun · Sea
alalāuā
Pronunciation: /ah-lah-LOW-ah/
Meaning
Big-eyed scad fish
Example sentences
Ua holo ka moku no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka iʻa ʻo ka alalāuā me ka ʻupena hou.
The boat sailed to search for the alalāuā fish with the new net.
Ma ka pāʻina hōʻuluʻulu, ua makemake nui ka poʻe i ka iʻa alalāuā i kālua ʻia.
At the gathering, people really liked the grilled alalāuā fish.
Hoʻopau ka ʻelemakule i kona lā e lawaiʻa ana i ka alalāuā ma ke kai.
The elder spent his day fishing for alalāuā by the sea.
About this word
“alalāuā” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Big-eyed scad fish. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Sea. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.