Muliwai Our Hawai’ian word of the week is “muliwai,” which means river. Wai is water. Muli means to follow. A river is following water or water that follows a flow.
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Rabbit in Hawaiian The video teaches viewers how to say “rabbit” in Hawai’ian and ASL. The Hawai’ian word for rabbit is “Lapaki,” and viewers are prompted to repeat it. In
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Hau’oli Makahiki Hou First of all, Happy New Year, Hawai’ian Style. Our Hawaiian word of the week is hauʻoli makahiki hou which means “happy new year.” Hau’oli means “happy.” Makahiki
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Aloha wau ia oe Our Hawaiian word of the week is “I love you,” which is pronounced “Aloha wau ia oe.” Aloha means “love.” Wau mean “me.” Oe is “you.”
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Papakema Our Hawaiian word of the week is Papakema, which means baptism. The hawaiian language doesn’t have verbs and nouns like English does, so the word “baptism” is the same
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Hapa Our Hawaiian word of the week is hapa. Hapa means half Hawai’ian and half another race— meaning you’re biracial like half black and half white or half Asian and
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Dream of Your Soul Our Hawai’ian word of the week is i’ini which means “dream” or “heartfelt desire.” We learned Dream before as moe’uhane, but that was more like moi
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Hau’oli la Heleui Our Hawaiian word of the week is “Happy Halloween” which is pronounced Hauʻoli Lā Heleuī (how-oh-lee lah hello-wee) Hau’oli is “happy.” La is like the word “the.”
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Makemake Our Hawaiian word of the week is makemake, which means “like.” As in, I like myself, I like you, I like to eat apples. Repeat after me: makemake Makemake
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Ho’oikaika Our Hawaiian word of the week is “Activate!” How you say that in Hawaiian is ho’oikaika. Ho’o means “to bring.” Ikaika means “strength” or “strong.” To bring strength— means
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