HONILIMA

Manu,  a bird

Manu Aloha, Parrot

Keep the Hawaiian Language alive by teaching some one you love this word. Stop today to talk to a child about the beauty of the Hawaiian language.

Ho`okaāhi no laā o ka malihini 

in the spirit of cooperation and working together, this saying is to encourage a guest after a day to help out with the work with the rest.

Kahu, a guardian or keeper

Kahu ma’i, a nurse

Keep the Hawaiian Language alive by teaching some one you love this word. Stop today to talk to a child about the beauty of the Hawaiian language.

In what other land save this one is the commonest form of greeting not “Good day,” nor “How d’ye do”, but “Love”? That greeting is ‘Aloha’: love, I love you, my love to you… It is a positive affirmation of the warmth of one’s own heart-giving. – Jack London

O KA MAKUA KE KE KO’O O KA HALE E PA’ A AI

roughly translated means:

“The parent is the support that holds the household together.”

NASA’s view of Mauna Loa Volcano

I KA MOA I HĀNAI IĀ I KA LĀ
I ‘IO AKU MAMUA O KA MOA I HANA I IĀ I KA MALU

roughly translated means:
“A rooster fed in the sun is stronger than one fed in the shade”

NO KEKAHI O KĀKOU KA PILIKIA MALAILA PU KĀKOU A PAU

roughly translated means:
“Should one of us get in trouble we will all go that way”

KA HANA A KA MĀ, O KA HANA NO IA A KEIKI

roughly translated means:

“What parents do, children will do”

HO’OKĀHI NO HULU LIKE O IA PO’E

roughly translated means:

“These people are all of the same feather”

E`ōpū ali`i

This is a little reminder that means it is important to remember to “Have the heart of a chief.” Be kind, generous, and even tempered like a chief.

Perhaps this is the ancient way of saying: Live Aloha.

He ali`ka `āina; he kauwā ke kanaka

The land is a chief; man is its servant.

This means that the land has little use for man, but man needs the land for sustenance and livelihood. This is an important reminder for modern man to remember just who is in charge–Nature.

Aloha kekahi i kekahi 

This is the Hawaiian way of saying “love one another”

Isn’t this an important message to carry in your heart every day to promote aloha?

Ho ̀okaāhi ka ̀`ilāu like ana  

is a Hawaiian saying that means: Wield the paddles together.

This is a proverb that encourages cooperation and working together in harmony as ancient paddlers have done for hundreds of years.

‘A`ohe hua o ka mai`a i ka lā ho’okaāhi  

means when a task is done together no task is too big…

this is another way of saying many hands make light work, an important lesson to remember.

Learning a few different Aloha greeting enhances your knowledge of the Hawaiian language and keeps the language alive each time it is used. Won’t you spend a few minutes today to try these greetings and share them with friend and family?

Aloha Kakahiaka Good morning
Aloha Awakea Good Day
Aloha Ahiaha Good Evening
Aloha a Hui Hou Goodbye Until we Meet Again

Learning Hawaiian words keeps the language alive, take a moment today to learn a new Hawaiian word or expression and share it with a child. This is a fun family activity and will keep the language in motion and alive.

Laulima means “many hands” and is an expression in Hawaiian that was known to mean to collaborate or work together cooperatively. Laulima made daily tasks more enjoyable and easier than to do them alone with a struggle. Children often helped with the family tasks and people worked together to fish, cultivate, and build. White people use the expression “Many hands make light work” but the Hawaiian word for this is laulima.

Kona storm

It’s always fun to learn new Hawaiian words and it is important to keep the language alive and remembered:

Ke kanaka lawai’a this means “the person who fishes.” This was one of the major pastimes of early Hawaiians who depended on the oceans for their protein. Fishing was and is still an important part of Hawaiian culture.