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ʻO Moani kaʻu inoa kapakapa. ==> Moani is my nickname.
He haumāna wale nō au o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi nani loa ==> I am merely a student of the very beautiful Hawaiian language.

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Lālea == Buoy, beacon; prominent object or landmark ashore to steer by. (And.)
No. 1458, 2025-12-29

https://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&r=1&hs=1&m=-1&o=-1&qto=4&e=d-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%252ctextmamaka-----0-1l--11-haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-Paula--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&q=Lalea+&fqv=textpukuielbert%252ctextmamaka&af=1&fqf=ED#hero-bottom-banner

Screenshot of solved Hulihua puzzle 1st row: HONUA with red A 2nd row: ʻEIWA with yellow E, red A 3rd row: KALEA with red LEA 4th row: PŌLEA with red LEA 5th row: correct solution LĀLEA all in red
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Kinai == extinguish, as in putting out a fire

No. 1454, 2025-12-25

Screenshot of solved Hulihua puzzle 1st row: HONUA with red N, yellow A 2nd row: LĀNAI with red NAI 3rd row: PENEI with red N, I 4th row: correct solution KINAI all in red
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Hoʻomakaʻu == scare

Screenshot of a notification from the Hawaii Words app reading: the Hawaiian word for scare is hoʻomakaʻu
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Wahine == woman
Click through and listen to the 30-second audio to hear the host sign off with, “He wahine nō au” == “I am a woman.”

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-october-6th

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