Hawaiian Noun Phrase · Culture
ʻŌlelo ʻŌloaʻiʻoʻula
Pronunciation: /OH-leh-lo OH-lo-ah-ee-oh-oo-lah/
Meaning
Long red truthful speech. Extensive and truthful language with a red symbolic association.
Example sentences
Ua hoʻolohe ka lehulehu i ka ʻōlelo ʻŌloaʻiʻoʻula a ke aliʻi no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
The people listened to the long red truthful speech of the chief for the truth.
He manawa koʻikoʻi kēia no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo ʻŌloaʻiʻoʻula o ko mākou poʻe kūpuna.
This is an important time to remember the long red truthful speech of our ancestors.
Ma ka ʻahaʻaina, ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku au i kaʻu hoaaloha no kāna ʻōlelo ʻŌloaʻiʻoʻula i hōʻike ai i nā mea ʻoiaʻiʻo.
At the feast, I thanked my friend for their long red truthful speech that revealed the true things.
About this word
“ʻŌlelo ʻŌloaʻiʻoʻula” is a Hawaiian noun phrase meaning Long red truthful speech. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Culture. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.