Hawaiian Word of the Day: June 9th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published June 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM HST

Piha means full, complete, filled, loaded. Piha ka ʻōpū simply means the stomach is full. Piha can also mean full-blooded, as in Hawaiʻi piha, pure Hawaiian.

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