Hawaiian verb · Everyday
hoʻopaʻa naʻau
Pronunciation: /hoh-oh-PAH-ah nah-AU/
Meaning
to memorize
Example sentences
E hoʻopaʻa naʻau ʻoe i kēia mele keiki.
You should memorize this children's song.
Pono kākou e hoʻopaʻa naʻau i kā mākou mau ʻōlelo kūpuna.
We need to memorize our ancestral languages.
Ua hoʻopaʻa naʻau ʻo ia i ka helu kelepona o kona māmā.
She memorized her mother's phone number.
About this word
“hoʻopaʻa naʻau” is a Hawaiian verb meaning to memorize. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Everyday. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.