huila

Meaning

A wheel, representing a round object used for movement.

Example sentences

• Ua hele au i ka hale kūʻai e kūʻai i ka huila hou no koʻu paikikala, ʻoiai ua ʻelemakule kaʻu huila kahiko.

  I went to the store to buy a new wheel for my bicycle, as my old wheel was old.

• Komo ka mākaʻi i ka huila o ke kaʻa e nānā inā he pilikia.

  The police officer circled the car's wheel to check if there was a problem.

• He mea punahele na ke keiki ka huila o ke kaʻa kaʻa, a makemake ʻo ia e pāʻani me ia i nā lā a pau.

  The child's favorite thing is the wheel of the toy car, and they want to play with it every day.

About this word

“huila” is a Hawaiian noun meaning A wheel, representing a round object used for movement. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Everyday. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.