Hawaiian Phrase · Animals
hemo ka pūpū
Pronunciation: /HEH-moh kah POO-poo/
Meaning
The shell is detached. Describes a snail or mollusk leaving its shell.
Example sentences
Eia hoʻi, hemo ka pūpū o ka ʻopihi ma ka pōhaku.
Look here, the shell of the limpet has come off the rock.
Nānā mākou i ka pākaʻa ʻāina, a ʻike koke maila hemo ka pūpū.
We watched the land snail, and suddenly saw its shell detach.
Ua ʻike ke keiki hemo ka pūpū o ka pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi ma ke one.
The child saw the small crab's shell come off in the sand.
About this word
“hemo ka pūpū” is a Hawaiian phrase meaning The shell is detached. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Animals. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.