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Hawaiian Word of The Day
Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: April 8th

By Leilani Poliʻahu
Published April 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM HST
Pulu means wet, moist, soaked, saturated. When you got caught in the rain without your umbrella, pulu is the word you should've known. And if you want to soak something, just put the causative prefix ho‘o in front. Since pulu means soaked, then ho‘opulu means “to soak."

Pulu means wet, moist, soaked, saturated. When you got caught in the rain without your umbrella, pulu is the word you should've known. And if you want to soak something, just put the causative prefix ho‘o in front. Since pulu means soaked, then ho‘opulu means “to soak."

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