Hoahānau == cousin
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #cousin #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-9th
#hwotd
Kahu == pastor, preacher, minister, an honored attendant, guardian, nurse, keeper of bones, regent, keeper, administrator. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #guardian #pastor #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-8th
ʻElemakule == old man
ʻōlelo keu (bonus word) Luahine == old woman
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #elderly #oldMan #oldWoman #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-7th
Kapiʻolani == arch of heaven / a way to refer to a rainbow == ʻānuenue #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #rainbow #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-5th
Moku == district, and many additional meanings! Listen to this one, the host really gets an early start, jumping in just as the theme jingle begins so she can get all the vocabulary goodness into the allotted 30 seconds! :blobcatthumbsup: #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #district #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-30th
Lolo == brain; bonus lōlō == paralyzed, numb, feeble-minded, or crazy #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #brain #brains #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/show/hawaiian-word-of-the-day
Kāhea == to call out. The blurb on the website still says that the host spells each word, but for the last week or so she hasn’t been… I think it’s great that she can change things up a bit! She is still clearly indicating where the kahakō belongs by mentioning the stressed syllables. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #callOut #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-28th
I was reading a children’s book about Passover yesterday that reminded me that “firstborn child” is an important concept in many cultures. In English we don’t have a special word for “firstborn child” (yes, I’m apparently a snob about compound words like “firstborn”!) but in Hawaiian the word is “hiapo.” Wehewehe doesn’t give a derivation, but it doesn’t seem to be any kind of compound or borrowed word.
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #firstborn
Mahina == moon (and many other meanings listed) #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #moon #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-25th
Hānau == to give birth. If you listen to the clip, you might wonder who or what is Kaʻimi Pono? The best I can tell from my internet search is that it was a Hawaiian small press that published books in the 1990’s. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #birth #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-24th
Hoʻopulapula == rehabilitate; ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula == Homestead Lands #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #rehabilitate #rehabilitation #hawaiianHomestead #homestead #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-21st
Huapala == ripe fruit, and is another way to say sweetheart or lover! #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #ripe #fruit #sweetheart #lover #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-18th
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