Monthly Archives: September 2017

1. To carry, bear, lift, elevate, raise, hoist, holdup. 2. Pregnant; to conceive. Ironic, isn’t it, that the word for carry is also the word for pregnancy or to be pregnant – hāpai. If a wahine says she is hāpai, … Continue reading →

vs. Fixed, immovable, motionless, steadfast, established, firm, resolute, determined (this was the motto of Ka-mehameha V and of Liliʻu-o-ka-lani. Lit., fixed movement. I was privileged to attend the “Commemorative Celebration of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s 179th Birthday” at Mauna ʻAla (Royal Mausoleum) … Continue reading →