Hawaiian Word of the Day: September 30

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published September 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM HST

Kuene means: waiter, waitress, steward, treasurer, to wait on a table, to put in order, to arrange or to lay out. We most often use kuene for those who wait on us in restaurants.

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