Pāʻani == to play #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #play #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-13th

Kī hōʻalu == slack key #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #slackKey #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-12th

Hoahānau == cousin
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #cousin #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-9th

Kahu == pastor, preacher, minister, an honored attendant, guardian, nurse, keeper of bones, regent, keeper, administrator. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #guardian #pastor #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-8th

Līhuʻe == a cold chill #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #cold #chill #chilly #lihue #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-6th

Kapiʻolani == arch of heaven / a way to refer to a rainbow == ʻānuenue #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #rainbow #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-5th

Kōkua == help #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #help #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-2nd

Hōʻike == to show #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #show #leiDay #mayDay #mayDayIsLeiDay #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-may-1st

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

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

Lānai == porch #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #porch #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-23rd

Hōkūloa == the planet Venus #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #venus #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-22nd

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

Kupua == demi-god #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #demigod #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/show/hawaiian-word-of-the-day

Peʻe == to hide oneself #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #hide #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-11th

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

Ipu == gourd #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #gourd #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-9th