Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hauʻoli Pakoa

by ʻŌlelo on April 24, 2011
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Happy Easter!

Hauʻoli Pakoa iā kākou! ʻAʻole paʻakikī e loaʻa ka hua kula nui ma ka pā. Aia ʻo Lady Gaga i loko.

Happy Easter to all! It shouldn’t be too hard to find the …

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hopuna ʻŌlelo

by ʻŌlelo on April 23, 2011
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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 …

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Pōʻalima Hemolele

by ʻŌlelo on April 22, 2011
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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.…

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: ʻŌʻioʻio

by ʻŌlelo on April 21, 2011
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To tweet, chitchat, chirp.

ʻŌʻioʻio wau e pili ana i nā mea āpau.

(I tweet about everything.)…

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Puhi Pakalōlō

by ʻŌlelo on April 20, 2011
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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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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Kūʻono

by ʻŌlelo on April 19, 2011
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1. Nook, cranny
2. Corner

ʻAʻohe kanaka e hoʻoneʻe iā Pēpē ma kūʻono.

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.…

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hoʻopaʻi

by ʻŌlelo on April 18, 2011
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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

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Kominika o Nā Lālā Lāʻau

by ʻŌlelo on April 17, 2011
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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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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hale waihona puke

by ʻŌlelo on April 16, 2011
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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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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Hauʻoli ka Heluhelu ʻana

by ʻŌlelo on April 15, 2011
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Celebrate Reading.

Inā ʻaʻohe a ʻoukou ka hana i ka lā ʻapōpō, e hele mai i Ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e Hauʻoli Ka Heluhelu ʻAna ai.

(If you’ve nothing to do …

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Hawaiian Word of the Day: Kūlike

by ʻŌlelo on April 14, 2011
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Resembles, alike.

Kūlike ʻo James Durbin (ke kāne e hīmeni nei ma American Idol) me Sloth mai The Goonies mai.

James Durbin (the guy from American Idol) looks like Sloth from The Goonies.…

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