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Hawaiian Word of the Day: August 13th

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published August 13, 2021 at 12:00 AM HST

Our Hawaiian Word for today is a beautiful Oʻahu place name, Kaʻaʻawa. It is often used as an example of a Hawaiian word with so many vowels in a row. But if you spell and pronounce it correctly, you will note that every vowel is separated by a consonant sound, the glottal stop or ʻokina. And it means the wrasse fish.

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