E nānā i ka Mele Manaka ma ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi! #merriemonarch #merriemonarchdaswhy #hula #hulaislife #morningmanao #learnhawaiian #hawaiian #hawaiianlanguage #olelo #olelohawaii #livealoha #hilo
https://www.merriemonarch.com/2025-festival-live-stream-olelo/
ʻO kēia ka lā hānau o Mary Kawena Pukui!
Today is the birthday of Mary Kawena Pukui, b. April 20, 1895 #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii
Excerpt From
‘Ōlelo No‘eau
Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez
https://books.apple.com/us/book/%C5%8Dlelo-no-eau/id514150999
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![“674 He kapu na pōhaku hānau ali‘i. A [sign of] kapu are the stones at the birth of a chief. The peal of thunder heralds the birth of a high chief. Thunder (pōhaku) was likened to the sound of stones rolling.” Excerpt From ‘Ōlelo No‘eau Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez](https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/371/033/305/426/479/original/93a8579b049dbac7.png "“674 He kapu na pōhaku hānau ali‘i. A [sign of] kapu are the stones at the birth of a chief. The peal of thunder heralds the birth of a high chief. Thunder (pōhaku) was likened to the sound of stones rolling.” Excerpt From ‘Ōlelo No‘eau Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez")
We all learn the word “kahakō” meaning “macron,” the bar over the long vowel (as in its own final letter). But it also means “steep, sheer” as in this ʻŌlelo Nōʻeau:
“1527 Ka pali kahakō lele a koa‘e.
Sheer cliff reached only by the tropic bird.
A tall, inaccessible cliff.”
In the Fall 2024 Audubon magazine is an interesting article about a bird researcher who’s cataloging and photographing specimens of Hawaiian birds which are in non-Hawaiian museums. The reference to an ʻōlelo noʻeau caught my eye. Interesting! #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii #audubon #extinction
February is Hawaiian Language Month! Mary Kawena Pukui is being featured on a dollar coin! #maryKawenaPukui #olelo #oleloHawaii #hawaiianLanguageMonth #usmint #dollar
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-01-31/new-1-coin-native-hawaiian-scholar-mary-kawena-pukui
#HawaiianPublicRadio didn’t post today’s #hawaiianWordOfTheDay so instead of sharing that, I’ll share my new favorite ʻŌlelo Noʻeau!
I kāhi ‘e no ke kumu mokihana, paoa ‘e no ‘one‘i i ke ‘ala.
Although the mokihana tree is at a distance, its fragrance reaches here.
Although a person is far away, the tales of his good deeds come to us.
#olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii #reputation #mokihana #1177
I was a little worried that I couldnʻt remember where I learned "flying buoy" for "poelele" and that maybe I had made it up??? He haumāna wale nō au! (Iʻm just a student!!!) but Māmaka Kaiao agrees:
#olelo #ŌleloHawaiʻi #buoy #satellite #mamakaKaiao
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau number 2024: Luahine moe nonō. (Old woman who sleeps and snores.) Pele, who is said to sleep in lava beds. #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #oleloHawaii #lava #volcano
I only just noticed that #Duolingo #Hawaiian course has two different lessons for the English sentence “You have a lot of classmates.” I am still figuring out when to use the k-less forms of possessives! #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaii
In Hawaiian, I learned the word “maopopo” to mean “understand” so I would interpret “ʻaʻole au maopopo” as “I don’t understand.” I was a little surprised when in the uTalk app they also used the same world for “I don’t know.” #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaiian #uTalk
In #Hawaiian class this week, we discussed this #oleloNoeau and one student said it’s like the English “Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched!” (Excerpt From ‘Ōlelo No‘eau Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez) #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #oleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying
I used the term “ʻĀina Pākē” in my Hawaiian class and kumu said that is fine if you want to say “the land of the Chinese” but if you want to say “China” the name of the country is “Kina.” #languageDrops has taught me “ʻĀina Pākē” while #uTalk teaches “Kina” — l just lost another unit of trust in Drops 
#ŌleloHawaiʻi #ʻōlelo #hawaiʻi #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaii
Hoʻomaka ka pule Mele Manaka ma ka lā kanakolukūmākahi o Malaki! Merrie Monarch week starts on March 31st! #merriemonarch #merriemonarchdaswhy #hula #hulaislife #morningmanao #learnhawaiian #hawaiian #hawaiianlanguage #olelo #olelohawaii #livealoha #hilo #duolingo #oscar
There are still a few bugs in the newly added #Duolingo #Hawaiian lessons. There’s at least three words which I keep getting marked wrong because I use the ʻokina and the response, incorrectly, expects an apostrophe: ke kumu lāʻau (the tree), ka hale ʻaina (the restaurant), and ka ʻalemanaka (the calendar). #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaii
Uihā!!! Loaʻa ka pane pololei iaʻu he ʻelua hoʻāʻo he ʻehā pō! I got the right answer in two tries for four days! 
#hulihua #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaii
Kāhāhā!! Duolingo has updated the Hawaiian course for the first time in three years! #happy #excited #duolingo #OleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian #olelo #hawaii #language
My kumu has a new set of Hawaiian language inspiration cards! #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #oleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian
#liveAloha #morningManao
My kumu has a new podcast episode on planning for the upcoming year! MAIAU == neat, careful, diligent #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #oleloHawaii #LearnHawaiian
#liveAloha #morningManao https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morning-manao/id1588334735?i=1000640465621
