Hawaiian Noun · Nature
ʻĪlio
Pronunciation: /EE-lee-oh/
Meaning
Dog. A companion animal brought by early Polynesians.
Example sentences
Ua holo ka ʻīlio i ka wai.
The dog ran into the water.
Nānā au i ka ʻīlio o koʻu hoalauna.
I looked at my neighbor's dog.
He ʻīlio kō mākou.
We have a dog.
About this word
“ʻĪlio” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Dog. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Nature. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.