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Our Hawaiian word for today is something relatively new to Hawai'i. Nuʻuoʻa means high rise, and it wasn't too many years ago that there were no high rises in Hawai'i. That's still true on some islands, but there are plenty of them on Oʻahu.
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ʻOhana ʻālani, or orange family, is how we say citrus in Hawaiian. ʻOhana of course is family. And ʻālani for orange.
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Kanu means to bury or to plant something, almost anything. If you dig a hole and put something into it, that is what you are doing.
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Often times at vigils and some rallies, you see people carrying lighted candles. Well, our Hawaiian word for today is ihoiho, for candle.
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Since the legislature is in session, ʻaha ʻōlelo seems to be a good Hawaiian word for today. Whether you like what they do or not, call that body an ʻaha ʻōlelo.
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We all know that waiwai is rich and riches, and we hear it so often. But how do we say poor in Hawaiian? ʻIlihune and that's our Hawaiian word for today. And it means just that, poor, impoverished.
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ʻOmawawe is how we say microwave oven in Hawaiian. You know that is a new word in our language, but a useful one.
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Keakapahu is how we say jack-in-the-box in Hawaiian. Keaka is a Hawaiian way of saying Jack, and pahu is box.
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Our Hawaiian word for today is lei ʻāʻī. It can mean neck lei, but it can also mean a necktie. Some businessmen and lawyers wear lei ʻāʻī to work in Hawaiʻi.
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You've heard us talk so often about vowels, you've probably wondered if there is a Hawaiian word for vowel. Yes, though it is a borrowed one, woela means vowel. The woela in Hawaiian are a, e, i, o and u.
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He’e is the Hawaiian word for octopus. You've probably heard he’e in names such as Waihe’e, a former governor of Hawai’i, or in words like wahahe’e, meaning to lie, literally, slippery mouth.
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We all use postage, so today's Hawaiian word should come in handy. Uku leka is how we say postage in Hawaiian. Uku is payment, and leka is letter, so what you pay to send that letter is uku leka.