UH News Hawaiian Words of the Week 2022
Mahalo to the students, faculty and staff members who shared words that inspired them.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ahonui
Ahonui—Patience; patient, enduring, long suffering; to tolerate.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hōʻihi
Hōʻihi—To treat as sacred; to hallow.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hāmau
Hāmau—Silent, silence.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Naʻau
Naʻau—Intestines, guts; mind, heart, affections.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hoʻomanawanui
Hoʻomanawanui—Patience, to be patient, steadfast, fortitude.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hauʻoli
Hauʻoli—Happy, glad, gay, joyful; happiness, enjoyment, joy.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ulu
Ulu—To grow, increase, spread; growth.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kūpono
Kūpono—Upright, honest, decent, proper, appropriate, rightful, reliable, worth, merit, excellence.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Maoli
Maoli—Native, indigenous, aborigine, genuine, true, real, actual.
