Hawaiian Word of the Day: October 15th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published October 15, 2021 at 12:00 AM HST

Hema hema means “unprepared, awkward, clumsy, unskilled, inefficient.” We can think of a lot of people who are hema hema; it's much better to be mākaukau – prepared.

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