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Today's Hawaiian Word of the Day is k?ma?a; for shoe, sandal, slipper, boot, ti leaf, or tapa sandal, shoes.
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Makua is a very general term for parent, or any relative of the parent's generation, as in an uncle or aunt. Since the main stock of a plant is thought of…
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?Elemakule means old man or to become an old man. Although ?elemakula also means “old,” use it only for males – there's another word, luahine, for old…
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Our Hawaiian Word of the Day is moku. We often use moku to mean a district, an island, severed portion, or fragment, or as the root for other common words…
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Our Hawaiian word today is a good example of the importance of putting the right stress on vowel sounds, or leaving them off. Lolo means brains, and it is…
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Our Hawaiian Word of the Day is l?nai, a term often used, and most often mispronounced or confused with other similar words. It means porch, veranda,…
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Our Hawaiian word for today is a well-known place name on Kaua?i, Po?ip?. It is often mispronounced because people see the first three letters as a group…
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Our Hawaiian word for today is really a short and useful phrase, na?u e uku. It means my treat or I'll pay.
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Pu?un?n? is a place on the island of Maui, and a beautiful name that is all too often mispronounced. It is named for a hill – a pu?u – where you might…
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We often hear ali?i in conjunction with pageants and other places where our chiefs are portrayed. Yes, ali?i means chief, chiefess, officer, ruler,…