Hawaiian Word of the Week: Inoa
Inoa—Name, term, title.
Inoa—Name, term, title.
The UH Hilo Kahuawaiola Hawaiian and Indigenous Teacher Training Program trains future kumu through Hawaiian language and mentorship.
Hoe—Paddle (As a canoe).
ʻAwapuhi—Wild ginger.
Nalo —Out of sight, hidden. More ʻŌlelo of the Week “Aʻole au i ʻike ka puka komo i ke ala hekehi, ua nalo (I did not see the entrance to the hiking path, it disappeared).” —Kiki, he haumāna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi…
Nohea—Handsome, pretty, lovely of fine appeareance; a handsome or fine looking person.
Manakuke—mongoose.
Koholā—Humpback whale, forcing up the water like waves hitting a reef, reef flats.
Kamoʻoalewa is a small near-Earth asteroid discovered by astronomers at the UH Institute for Astronomy on Haleakalā.
UH Hilo’s PACRC collaborates with a Hawaiian immersion school to teach keiki the connection between coral, ʻāina and restoration.