Hawaiian word of the day

kuulani

kuulani

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unclehobart said:
how many words are there describing waves and currents? ...or do I not want to go there?
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you asked :D

1. 'a'ai - action of surf at high tide
2. 'a'aka - dry, as the coral reef at low tide
3. 'ae - rising tide
4. 'ae'aekai - ebbing and flowing of the sea
5. 'ae kai - place in sea where surf breaks
6. 'ako'ako - to swell, as a wave before breaking
7. 'akuklu - rising in the water when wind and current meet
8. alania - smooth, as the ocean, without ripple or wave
9. 'ale - wave or billow put in motion by the wind
10. 'ale'ale - swelling, as the waves of the sea
11. au - the current in the ocean
12. 'aui - to swell, as the sea in great rollers; to pitch
13. 'aui'ale - swell of the sea
14. 'aui'aui - to roll up, as high sea
15. aukaka - place far out at sea where fish are caught with hook
16. aukuku - swelling up of waters of the sea
17. auwiliaku - ebb tide
18. hakukai - stormy sea
19. halu'a - ripple on the water
20. hao'eo'e - chopping sea
21. haukau - choppy sea
22. hauliuli - rippling sea when the wind begins to blow
23. hi aku - area of the sea beyond the reef flats and inside the deep blue sea
24. hohonu - deep sea
25. holu - deep ocean
26. holulu - midtide
27. hookahea - to come along, as the swell of the sea when it comes along the western coast of HI from the south
28. hulili - the rolling up of the surf before it breaks
29. kai - sea
30. kai ahula - foamy sea
31. kai a malo - extreme low tide that exposes the reef
32. kai a pele - tidal wave
33. kai apo - rising tide
34. kai'au - shallow place in the sea
35. kaiauli - deep blue sea
36. kai ea - rising tide
37. kai e'e - tidal wave
38. kai emi - falling tide
39. kai he'enalu - sea suitable for surfing
40. ka hele ku - space beyond where the surf breaks and where a footing maay still be found.
41. kai ho'e'e - surf running above the land
42. kai ho'i - low tide
43. kai ki - tide flowing in
44. kai ko'ele - shallow see
45. kai koo - to rage, as high surf
46. kaiku - middle tide
47. kai lanahu ahi - very dark water of the ocean
48. kai lipolipo - deep sea
49. kai lu he'e - deep sea
50. kai make - calm sea
51. kai malolo - shallow sea

...that's 2 pages of 6 devoted to the ocean waves and currents :D
 
kuulani

kuulani

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Gato_Solo said:
Is this thread officially pau?
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nope not pau ... and in honor of you bumping this thread ... the word for today is ... popoki ho'okahi.

Popoki = Gato
Ho'okahi = Solo


:lloyd:

...or keiki kawele = towel boy :D
 
Gato_Solo

Gato_Solo

Out-freaking-standing OTC member
Guess people just don't want to learn languages any more...Another tragic tale of wasted youth.
 
kuulani

kuulani

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I wish I had the energy to learn Japanese really well. It would be nice to speak the languages of my ethnicities fluently.

I keep saying I'll learn it "one of the days" ... I better just get my ass on it and just do it.
 
Nixy

Nixy

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Ohana means family. Family means noone is left behind - or forgotton.

:)
 
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