Hawaiian Word of the Day

Hawaiian Word of the Day: November 9th

Published November 9, 2021 at 1:00 AM HST

We didn't have a Hawaiian word for yogurt, so we borrowed one from our cousins – the Maori people of New Zealand. That new Hawaiian word is waiūtepe.

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