What does hanu mean in Hawaiian?
Hanu is breath and the act of breathing. It is close to aho and to hā, the breath that carries the life of a person — the hā in aloha.
Say it HAH-noo. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site hanu is part of 2 names: 1 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning life.