Hawaiian Adjective · Colors
hāuli
Pronunciation: /HAH-oo-lee/
Meaning
Dark-colored, swarthy, dusky.
Example sentences
Ua hāuli ka ʻili o ke kāne i ka lā ma Kahaluʻu.
The man's skin became dark from the sun at Kahaluʻu.
He ʻeleʻele ke kala o kēlā ʻano ʻiliʻili, he hāuli maoli.
The color of that kind of gravel is black, truly dark.
Ua ʻike aku au i ka manu hāuli i loko o ka nahele.
I saw the dark-colored bird in the forest.
About this word
“hāuli” is a Hawaiian adjective meaning Dark-colored, swarthy, dusky. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Colors. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.