Hawaiian Word of the Day: September 1st

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published September 5, 2023 at 7:41 AM HST

Our Hawaiian word for today is another borrowed word, kepakemapa. And yes, it’s the Hawaiian word for “September.” Like other names of the months, it was borrowed from English.

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