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Hoʻokipa

All ʻŌlelo of the Week

—To entertain, treat hospitably; hospitable; hospitality.

“Heading into the holidays, we find ourselves ready to hoʻokipa the people we love, filling our hale (home) with deep aloha, laughter and connection.”

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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