Hawaiian Adjective Phrase · Colors
ʻEleʻele pōuli
Pronunciation: /eh-leh-EH-leh POH-oo-lee/
Meaning
Dark black, like the deep night.
Example sentences
Ua like ka ʻeleʻele pōuli o kona lauoho me ka pō.
The dark black of her hair is like the night.
Nānā mākou i nā hōkū ma ka lani ʻeleʻele pōuli.
We looked at the stars in the dark black sky.
Hele mākou i loko o ka ana, he ʻeleʻele pōuli ma laila.
We went inside the cave; it was dark black in there.
About this word
“ʻEleʻele pōuli” is a Hawaiian adjective phrase meaning Dark black, like the deep night. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Colors. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.