ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Language
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hana
Wednesday is “hump day” or the middle of the workweek for most people. So for Feb. 8, our “Hawaiian Word of the Day” is hana.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Palaoa
The word of the day for Feb. 7 is “palaoa,” which is one of the colossal giants of the deep ocean and a necklace worn by royalty.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Akeakamai
In the 1980s, Akeakamai was the best-known of the “language” dolphins in Louis Herman’s animal language studies at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Heʻe
While tako is a common name for the octopus in the Aloha State, it is of Japanese origin. The Hawaiian word for octopus is he’e.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Ho‘olaule‘a
With thousands of people expected to attend Saturday’s Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival in Waimea on the Big Island, today’s “Hawaiian Word of the Day” is ho‘olaule‘a.
Hawaiian words of the day: hōkū welowelo
We picked today’s “Hawaiian words of the day” in honor of the rare green comet that last night flew by Earth at its closest distance in 50,000 years.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: ʻŌlelo
Like most indigenous languages throughout the world, the Hawaiian language faced a significant decline due to colonization.
