Hawaiian Number · Numbers
ʻElima
Pronunciation: /eh-LEE-mah/
Meaning
Five. The fifth number.
Example sentences
Ua ʻelima mau kānaka i hele mai i ka pāʻina.
Five people came to the party.
Makemake au i ka ʻelima o kēia mau pua.
I want the fifth one of these flowers.
Ma ka hola ʻelima kakahiaka, ala aʻe au.
At five o'clock in the morning, I woke up.
About this word
“ʻElima” is a Hawaiian number meaning Five. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Numbers. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.