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ʻOki

All ʻŌlelo of the Week

—To cut, sever, shear, snip, separate, cancel.

“To ʻoki (sever) gently is to give peace a chance to grow.”
Moanikeʻala Nabarro, Office of Communications, Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

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Olelo of the week

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