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Hawaiian word · noun

ʻōnohi

“eyeball, centre”

Say it

oh-NOH-hee

In names

1 names

0 girl · 0 boy · 1 unisex

What does ʻōnohi mean in Hawaiian?

ʻŌnohi is the eyeball, and by extension the centre of anything. ʻŌnohi o ka lā is a small rainbow fragment, the eye of the sun.

Say it oh-NOH-hee. 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”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site ʻōnohi is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning light.

Names that end in ʻōnohi (1)

ʻōnohi closes the name and colors everything before it.

  • “the eyeball of the sun, the sun's core”

    Pronounced kah-OH-noh-heeka + ʻōnohi

    Unisex

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does ʻōnohi mean?

ʻōnohi means eyeball, centre. ʻŌnohi is the eyeball, and by extension the centre of anything.

How do you pronounce ʻōnohi?

oh-NOH-hee. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is ʻōnohi a Hawaiian name on its own?

ʻōnohi is not usually given as a name by itself, but it is part of 1 names on this site, such as Kaʻōnohi.

What are some Hawaiian names ending in ʻōnohi?

Kaʻōnohi (the eyeball of the sun, the sun's core).

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