Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 24th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published December 24, 2021 at 12:00 AM HST

Here's a Hawaiian Word of the Day that is clearly borrowed, and certain to be popular with the youngsters. Pai pika means pizza. Think of the fun you can have adding modifiers to that Hawaiian word!

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