Monthly Archives: November 2015

nvt. A generous heart, charity, alms, donation; to give freely and willingly; gratis, free, benevolent, beneficent. hoʻo.manawa.leʻa Caus/sim. Yesterday, I had the good fortune of participating in a fundraiser for a Hawaiʻi Island firefighter who was injured in a swimming … Continue reading →

vs. Satisfied after eating, full, satisfying; to have eaten, to eat one’s fill. Are you “over it”? Did you walk around yesterday so full that you couldn’t even imagine eating anything else? Only to grab yourself a piece of pie? … Continue reading →

nvt. Meal, dinner, small party with dinner; to eat a pāʻina. Yesterday, we learned the word for feast: ʻahaʻaina. Today’s word can be used for those who do a smaller scale celebration on Thanksgiving: pāʻina. Just a simple meal. You can … Continue reading →

nvi. Feast, dinner party, banquet; to feast, Lit., meal gathering. Many types of ʻahaʻaina are listed below. hō.ʻaha.ʻaina To feast, give a feast. Still on that Thanksgiving theme, homes throughout the U.S. will be having an ʻahaʻaina this week. A feast! Now I am not … Continue reading →

1. Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Lit., swollen swelling.  Since this is the week that many people in Hawaiʻi celebrate Thanksgiving,  I thought I would provide some useful words for you to actually USE when you are preparing and partaking in your feast. Pelehū – … Continue reading →

1. n. Orange trumpet or sweetheart vine (Pyrostegia venusta syn. Bignonia venusta, B. ignea), an ornamental climber from Brazil, bearing early in the year many deep-orange flowers, hence chestnut-colored or light brown. (Neal 764) Lit. ripe fruit. 2. nvs. Sweetheart, lover; … Continue reading →

nvt. To oppose, resist, protest; opposite, versus, adverse, contrary, antagonistic, unwilling; objection. Lit., stand different. He manaʻo kūʻē, an opposite meaning. Kūʻē kānāwai, unlawful, contrary to law, illegal, against the law. Kūʻē aupuni, opposed or disloyal to the government, rebel. Hana kūʻē, violation, … Continue reading →

n. Armed forces, troops, regiment, brigade, corps. Today, I get to stay home from work in celebration of Veteran’s Day. Yay me! I didn’t spend a lick of time in any Armed Forces yet I get to reap the benefits of the … Continue reading →

He is a cock that crows in the daytime, but when night comes he sits on a perch. This ʻōlelo noʻeau (wise saying) is said of a person who brags of what he can do, but when difficulties come he … Continue reading →

1. Tired, exhausted; stiff or aching, as from unaccustomed exercise. Also loʻeloʻe. hoʻo.mā.loʻe.loʻe Caus/sim. (Ier. 9.5.) 2. Taut, firm, as a rope. See ex., kolia 2. hoʻo.mā.loʻe.loʻe To stretch, make taut. There was a time when I would get into different fitness … Continue reading →