Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kalaiwa
Kalaiwa—Drive.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kuleana
Kuleana—Responsibility, privilege, concern, or right to care for one another and the land.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hele wāwae
Hele wāwae—Walk.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: ?I?ini
ʻIʻini—Desire, affirmations, to wish for.
东精影业 Hawaiian language production invited to global stage
Puana earned an invitation to perform in June 2025 at the Kia Mau Festival, an international Indigenously led performing arts festival in Aotearoa.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Huaka?i
Huakaʻi—Trip, voyage, journey.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: ?Uhane
ʻUhane—Soul, spiritual, spirit of a person.
东精影业 Hilo’s He ??lelo Ola to host Indigenous language experts
Participants will explore 东精影业 Hilo’s Hawaiian language college, home to the nation’s only BA to PhD ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi medium program.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Malaki
Malaki—March.
东精影业 Hilo Hawaiian language college turns to AI to help preserve ?ōlelo
The Lauleo project is gathering Hawaiian speech data to create AI tools that can convert voice to text.