Waiū == milk
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #milk #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-22nd

Kānāwai == law
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #law #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-19th

Alapiʻi == stairs
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #stairs #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-18th

ʻAʻole == no
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #no #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-17th

ʻAe == yes
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #yes #consent #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-16th

Kapu == taboo
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #taboo #forbidden #keepOut #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-15th

Hāpai == to carry
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #carry #pregnant #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-12th

Manu == bird
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #bird #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-11th

Leʻa == joy
BUT! If you click through the link and click on the “Listen” button, the audio clip is for the word “oli” meaning “chant.” I wonder if OLI was originally scheduled to be today’s word, then what with the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Oli of Nepal yesterday, it was changed at the last minute?
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #joy #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-10th

Kiʻekiʻe == height
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #high #height #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-9th

Kulanui == university #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #university #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-8th

Hōʻāhu == To lay away, store away, accumulate
#grid #offGrid #power #electricity #sustainability #molokai
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #save #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-09-05/solar-nanogrids-bring-energy-independence-to-these-off-grid-molokai-families

Muʻumuʻu == shortened
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #muumuu #shortened #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-5th

Haʻahaʻa == humble
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #humble #humility #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-4th

Aupuni == government #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #government #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-3rd

Hikina == east
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay # #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-2nd

Kepakemapa == September #hawaiianWordOfTheDay # #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-september-1st

Uē == cry
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay # #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-august-29th

Mākaukau == able
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #able #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-august-28th

Pau == finished
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #done #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-august-27th