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Pronunciation.
Ke ʻoe kiʻo a kākau i ka hopuna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka hewa pēia: [hay-moh-lay-lay], e make ana ka pōpoki iki. ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake i nā pōpoki iki?
A little kitten dies everytime you …
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii.
Bess Press Celebrates Keiki Earth Day with Baby Awearness
Baby Awearness at Manoa Marketplace (2nd floor) is …
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/poalimahemolele.mp3″ text=”Pōʻalima Hemolele” ]
Good Friday
I nehinei ka Pōʻahā. ʻO kēia lā, ʻo ka Pōʻalima Hemolele kēia. Hauʻoli nō kākou.
Yesterday was Thursday. Today, it is Good Friday. We-we-we so excited.…
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/oioio.mp3″ text=”ʻŌʻioʻio” ]
To tweet, chitchat, chirp.
ʻŌʻioʻio wau e pili ana i nā mea āpau.
(I tweet about everything.)…
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To smoke cannabis.
E Palakiko, mai puhi pakalōlō i loko o ka hale o nuku hou ʻo Māmā iā ʻoe.
(Francisco, don’t smoke weed in the house or Mom will yell at you again.)
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1. Nook, cranny
2. Corner
ʻAʻohe kanaka e hoʻoneʻe iā Pēpē ma kūʻono.
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.…
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/hoopai.mp3″ text=”Hoʻopaʻi” ]
1. To slap, spank 2. To seek revenge
ʻO ka mokuna hou o Hawaii Five-0 ma kēia pō, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Hoʻopaʻi. Aia iā Five-0 ke kūlia a kāohi ʻana i ka mea mākaʻi
…Kominika o Nā Lālā Lāʻau
Palm Sunday, Lit. dominical of the tree branches
Moloā au i ka haku ʻana i ka māmalaʻōlelo hoihoi me ka hua ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o Kominika o nā Lālā Lāʻau.
I’m too lazy to make …
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Library.
Kokoke pau ka pule kaumokuʻāina no nā hale waihona puke. Akā naʻe loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi aku i nā puke.
(National Library Week is almost over. But there’s still time to …
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