Awakea means midday, and we often hear it in the popular noon day greeting: aloha awakea. All of the popular greetings that incorporate specific times of the day were added to the Hawaiian language in modern times.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: October 25th
![Awakea means midday, and we often hear it in the popular noon day greeting: aloha awakea.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fc4fddc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/901x751+0+0/resize/880x733!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F84%2F87b47ae7435d885dbcac4ae33d3b%2Foctober-25.png)