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Moku == district, and many additional meanings! Listen to this one, the host really gets an early start, jumping in just as the theme jingle begins so she can get all the vocabulary goodness into the allotted 30 seconds! 
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #district #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-30th
Lolo == brain; bonus lōlō == paralyzed, numb, feeble-minded, or crazy #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #brain #brains #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/show/hawaiian-word-of-the-day
Kāhea == to call out. The blurb on the website still says that the host spells each word, but for the last week or so she hasn’t been… I think it’s great that she can change things up a bit! She is still clearly indicating where the kahakō belongs by mentioning the stressed syllables. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #callOut #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-28th
I was reading a children’s book about Passover yesterday that reminded me that “firstborn child” is an important concept in many cultures. In English we don’t have a special word for “firstborn child” (yes, I’m apparently a snob about compound words like “firstborn”!) but in Hawaiian the word is “hiapo.” Wehewehe doesn’t give a derivation, but it doesn’t seem to be any kind of compound or borrowed word.
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #firstborn
Mahina == moon (and many other meanings listed) #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #moon #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-25th
Hānau == to give birth. If you listen to the clip, you might wonder who or what is Kaʻimi Pono? The best I can tell from my internet search is that it was a Hawaiian small press that published books in the 1990’s. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #birth #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-24th
Hoʻopulapula == rehabilitate; ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula == Homestead Lands #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #rehabilitate #rehabilitation #hawaiianHomestead #homestead #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-21st
Huapala == ripe fruit, and is another way to say sweetheart or lover! #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #ripe #fruit #sweetheart #lover #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-18th
TODAY I LEARNED that HPR’s HawaiianWord of the Day segments been going on for over thirty years! Leilani Poli’ahu has been the host for the entire run! #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/02/06/hawaiian-word-30-year-journey/
Pēlā == in that was, thus; pēlā nō == that’s so, exactly #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #thus #exactly #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-10th
Pulu == wet, moist, soaked, saturated; bonus with causative prefix: hoʻopulu == to soak #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #wet #moist #soaked #saturated #soak #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-8th
