Our Hawaiian word for today is a well-known place name on Kauaʻi, Poʻipū. It is often mispronounced because people see the first three letters as a group and pronounce it as they would "poi." It means crashing, as in wave action.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: June 10th
![Our Hawaiian word for today is a well-known place name on Kauaʻi, Poʻipū. It is often mispronounced because people see the first three letters as a group and pronounce it as they would "poi." It means crashing, as in wave action.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b3fde2e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/901x751+0+0/resize/880x733!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F01%2F63%2F4c5e3d0847349c538e5deaed78d2%2Fjune-10.png)