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Hawaiian Word of The Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: November 9th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published November 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM HST

We didn't have a Hawaiian word for yogurt, so we borrowed one from our cousins — the Māori people of Aotearoa. That new Hawaiian word is waiūtepe.

We didn't have a Hawaiian word for yogurt, so we borrowed one from our cousins — the Māori people of Aotearoa. That new Hawaiian word is waiūtepe.

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