{"id":191045,"date":"2024-02-06T23:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191045"},"modified":"2024-02-07T01:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:02:20","slug":"hawaiian-word-of-the-week-mohala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/06\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-mohala\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Word of the Week: Mohala"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_78613\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jfDpaHvSK1o?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Hawaiian Word of the Week: Mohala\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/wehe\/?q=mohala\">Mohala<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&#8212;Unfolded, as flower petals; blossoming, opening up; appearing clear, as a thought.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><strong>Previous &#699;\u014dlelo<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-ulu-2\/\">Ulu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/23\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-ui\/\">Ui<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/16\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-lokahi\/\">L\u014dkahi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/09\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-ua\/\">Ua<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/19\/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-haawi\/\"><span aria-label=\"Haawi\">H&#257;&#699;awi<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/olelo-of-the-week\/\">&#699;\u014clelo of the Week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;I mohala n&#333; ka lehua, i ke <span aria-label=\"keekeehi\">ke&#699;eke&#699;ehi<\/span> e ka ua. It is the rain that brings forth the lehua blossoms. So do gentle words bring forth much that is desired,&rsquo; (Mary Kawena <span aria-label=\"Pukui,\">Puku&#699;i,<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Noeau\">No&#699;eau<\/span> No. 1236).&lsquo;&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Changing minds and hearts happens when we are attentive to how we communicate. Remembering that goal and crafting your words to be best received will bring forth the mohala you seek.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;Kaleik\u016bkamakani Ruiz, Counselor, Leeward Community College.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on other elements of the definition and usage, go to the <abbr>¶«¾«Ó°Òµ<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/wehe\/?q=mohala\"><em>Wehewehe Wikiwiki<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/olelo-of-the-week-160.jpg\" alt=\"Olelo of the week\" width=\"676\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-154991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/olelo-of-the-week-160.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/olelo-of-the-week-160-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/olelo-of-the-week-160-130x31.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohala&#8212;Unfolded, as flower petals; blossoming, opening up; appearing clear, as a thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[61,33,1057,1621,62,63,64,65,1622,1530,71,14,9,60,947,59,56,66],"class_list":["post-191045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-hawaiian-word-of-the-week","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-olelo-hawaii","tag-olelo-of-the-week","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191045"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191518,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191045\/revisions\/191518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}