Author Archives: Liana

nvs. Life, health, well-being, living, livelihood, means of support, salvation; alive, living; curable, spared, recovered; healed; to live; to spare, save, heal, grant life, survive, thrive. (See Gram. 4.4.) Ola loa, long life, longevity.  Again, continuing on our theme of LIFE and well-being, … Continue reading →

nvs. Life, health, well-being, living, livelihood, means of support, salvation; alive, living; curable, spared, recovered; healed; to live; to spare, save, heal, grant life, survive, thrive. (See Gram. 4.4.) Ola loa, long life, longevity.  Life. Health. Well-Being. Ola is a popular word in Hawaiʻi, … Continue reading →

To prepare, make ready.  It is a BUSY week for me. School is gearing up. My ʻohana from Denmark will be arriving on Saturday. I have a lot of work to do. I must hoʻomākaukau. PREPARE! Make ready. If you … Continue reading →

n. Outrigger float; port hull of a double canoe, so called because it replaces the float. Also iama. (PPN hama.) Canoe paddlers know that the ama, attached by the ʻiako, is the outrigger float of the canoe. On a double … Continue reading →

Redup. of haʻa 1; low, lowly, minimum, humble, degraded, meek, unpretentious, modest, unassuming, unobtrusive; lowness, humility.  hoʻo.haʻa.haʻa To lower, debase, humiliate, humble (Kanl. 8.2), disgrace, underrate, belittle; humble, lowly, modest. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa aku, to condescend.  Frequently , the values in which we … Continue reading →

n. Arrangement of pebbles in the form or a man used for instruction by a kahuna hāhā. (Kam. 64:108.) The training of medical kahuna, or specialists/experts, in Hawaiʻi was quite extensive. You think becoming a physician today is difficult with … Continue reading →

nvi. Vomit; volcanic eruptions; to vomit, retch, erupt; to banish, expel, drive out, as people. (Probably PPN lua, to vomit + -ʻi or -aʻi, transitivizers: Gram. 6.6.4.). I don’t even want to get into how this word came to mind … Continue reading →

1. Fish or any marine animal. 2. Meat or any flesh food. 3. Any food eaten as a relish with the staple (poi, taro, sweet potato, breadfruit), including meat, vegetable, or even salt. Also ʻīnaʻi.  4. (Cap.) Milky Way. Ka Iʻa ui o ka … Continue reading →

1. General name for crabs. (PPN papa, probably PCP paapaka.) 2. Small temporary hut or shelter. Pāpaʻi is the general term for crabs in Hawaiʻi, one of my favorite foods. There are many types of crabs, however, each having their … Continue reading →