Hawaiian Word of the Day: August 1st

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published August 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM HST

Our Hawaiian word for today is another borrowed word, ‘Aukake. And it is the Hawaiian word for August. Yes, it was borrowed from English, as is the case for all the names of the months.

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