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Hawaiian Word of The Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: March 15th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM HST

Pale‘ili is another word for what we used to call a palule-t (a T-shirt). Since so many of us wear T-shirts, it should come in handy.

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