Hawaiian Word of the Day: August 8th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM HST

Makau means fishhook, something we see every day in Hawaiʻi, even if you don't go near the water. The beautiful fishhooks carved from bone and used as a decoration around the necks of so many men and women in Hawaiʻi today are correctly called makau.

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