Hawaiian Verb · Sea
holomoana
Pronunciation: /HOH-loh-moh-ah-nah/
Meaning
To sail the open ocean, ocean voyage. The act of traversing the vast sea.
Example sentences
Ua makemake au e holomoana i ka Pākīkona Nui.
I want to take an ocean voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
Ma mua o ka holomoana, ua nānā pono lākou i nā hōkū.
Before the ocean voyage, they carefully observed the stars.
He mea kupanaha ka holomoana i nā wahi mamao ʻole.
It is wonderful to sail the open ocean to faraway places.
About this word
“holomoana” is a Hawaiian verb meaning To sail the open ocean, ocean voyage. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Sea. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.