What does hoʻoilo mean in Hawaiian?
Hoʻoilo is the wet half of the Hawaiian year, roughly November to April, when the rains come. It pairs with kau, the dry season.
Say it hoh-oh-EE-loh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site hoʻoilo is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning rain.