May 28th: Akua

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published May 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM HST

Akua has many meanings, but none more common in today's Hawaiian than "god." In Hawaiian, there are many different kinds of gods, and akua can mean goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, divine, even a corpse.

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