Hawaiian Word of the Day: May 28th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published May 27, 2021 at 6:00 PM HST

Akua has many meanings, but none more common in today's Hawaiian than God. In Hawaiian, there are many different kinds of gods, and akua can mean goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, divine, even a corpse.

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