Hoʻopulapula == rehabilitate; ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula == Homestead Lands #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #rehabilitate #rehabilitation #hawaiianHomestead #homestead #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu #hawaiian
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-april-21st
Pulelehua == butterfly. Literally, “praying flower,” from the way the wings fold up together like praying hands 
or so my kumu told me! Which i assumed meant it’s a fairly new word, since I thought “pule” for “pray” is from English. BUT TODAY I LEARNED that “pule” for “pray” is from “PPN” (Proto Polynesian) and for pulelehua, Wehewehe has “(PCP puurere(f,s)ua.)” for the derivation, that is, from Proto Central Polynesian! #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #HPR https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-march-25th
Mea == thing
Also, my kumu said that Hawaiian speakers use this word as their “filler” when grasping for the next thing to say… as in English you might use “um, uh, …” you might say “mea, mea, …” when speaking Hawaiian. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #thing #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-march-20th
To prepare you for #stPatricksDay tomorrow:
ʻIhi pua kea == shamrock
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #shamrock
Screenshot from Drops #languageDrops
Leo ʻekolu == tenor (it’s an eclectic selection of words they come up with, isn’t it? Every day I’m excited to see what’s next!) #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #tenor #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-february-19th
Kūlanakauhale == town
This is one of my Drops vocabulary words, which I have trouble with (such a long word!) Duolingo uses kaona. #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #town #languageDrops #duolingo #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-february-18th
Kūhiō - a placename, chosen for today because it’s often mispronounced! Do click through the link to listen to the 30-second audio and experience the correct pronunciation! #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #kūhiō #waikīkī #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-february-12th
Puʻuwai == heart (the organ), I believe “haka” is used for the shape (corticoid), thus “pua haka” (lit, heart-shaded flower) == antherium 
#hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #LeilaniPoliʻahu https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-february-11th
Līkao == lotus, from the Cantonese lingao. It is also called kalo Pākē (literally, Chinese taro) #hwotd #hawaiianWordOfTheDay #lotus
