aumoe

Meaning

Midnight

Example sentences

• ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka manawa i hiki ai ʻo ia, akā ua hele ʻo ia i ka home ma hope koke iho o ka aumoe.

  I didn't know what time he arrived, but he went home shortly after midnight.

• Ua hoʻomaka ka hōkū ma ka lani i ka wanaʻao ma hope koke iho o ka aumoe.

  The stars in the sky began to appear in the early morning shortly after midnight.

• Hiamoe mākou a pau ma mua o ka aumoe no ka mea he huakaʻi lōʻihi ko mākou i ka lā aʻe.

  We all slept before midnight because we have a long trip the next day.

About this word

“aumoe” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Midnight. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Time. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.