kahakō

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.haˈkoː/

Noun

kahakō

(orthography) A macron, which when written over a vowel indicates that the vowel is long. Inversely, if a vowel is written without the kahakō (over it), then the vowel is (pronounced) short.

See also

ʻokina

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