Hawaiian noun · Nature
ʻālenuihāhā
Pronunciation: /ah-leh-noo-ee-hah-hah/
Meaning
Channel between Maui and Hawaiʻi
Example sentences
Nalu nui ka hele ʻana ma ka ʻālenuihāhā ma waena o Molokaʻi a me Lānaʻi.
Big waves are traveling across the channel between Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
Ua hele ka moku ʻoʻahu ma ka ʻālenuihāhā e pili ana iā Maui.
The ship traveled through the channel near Maui.
Manaʻo wau e ʻauʻau maʻaneʻi me ka ʻālenuihāhā o ka moana.
I think I will swim here with the vast channel of the ocean.
About this word
“ʻālenuihāhā” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Channel between Maui and Hawaiʻi. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Nature. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.