Hawaiian Noun Phrase · Land
ʻōhua kai
Pronunciation: /oh-hoo-ah kai/
Meaning
A sandy area near the sea, a shoreline beach.
Example sentences
Ke pāʻani nei nā keiki ma ka ʻōhua kai.
The children are playing on the shoreline beach.
Nani ka nalu e komo mai ana i ka ʻōhua kai.
Beautiful is the wave coming onto the shoreline beach.
Ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i nā pūpū ma ka ʻōhua kai i ke kakahiaka.
We gathered seashells on the shoreline beach this morning.
About this word
“ʻōhua kai” is a Hawaiian noun phrase meaning A sandy area near the sea, a shoreline beach. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.