Hawaiian Noun · Numbers
haneli
Pronunciation: /ha-neh-lee/
Meaning
One hundred; a hundred units.
Example sentences
Ua kūʻai ʻo ia i mau hua he haneli no ka ʻahaʻaina.
She bought a hundred eggs for the party.
He haneli ʻano pua like ʻole ko mākou māla.
Our garden has a hundred different kinds of flowers.
Noho ihola ʻo ia ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli kapuaʻi mai ke kai aku.
He sat about a hundred feet away from the sea.
About this word
“haneli” is a Hawaiian noun meaning One hundred; a hundred units. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Numbers. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.