Hawaiian Noun Phrase · Numbers
helu ʻumi
Pronunciation: /HEH-loo ʻOO-mee/
Meaning
Decimal number. Refers to numbers based on powers of ten.
Example sentences
Ma ke kula, ua aʻo ʻia nā keiki i ka helu ʻumi ma mua o ka helu ʻelua.
At school, the children were taught decimal numbers before base-two numbers.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka helu ʻumi no ke ana ʻana i nā mamao nui ma ka ʻenekinia.
Decimal numbers are used for measuring large distances in engineering.
He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kenetimita i mika me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka helu ʻumi.
It is easy to convert centimeters to meters using the concept of decimal numbers.
About this word
“helu ʻumi” is a Hawaiian noun phrase meaning Decimal number. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Numbers. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.