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Hayn Words Of The Week Flashcards

1
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LāLāwai

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Prosperous, successful, well to-do, rich

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Kīkikoʻele

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Done to completeness, perfection

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Kanu

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To plant, Bury, planting, burial, figuratively meaning hereditary

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Holu

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Springy, pliable, resilient, as a mattress; to sway, as a Palm frond; to ripple, as waves

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5
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Hoʻolauleʻa

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To celebrate or a celebration for a special occasion

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6
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Kukui

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Candlenut tree, lamp, light, torch

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Loko iʻa

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Fishpond

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Mauō

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Sustsinability

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Hoʻōla

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To give life, to revive, to heal

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10
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Hana

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To work, do, or commit

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Hoʻomaka

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To begin, to commence a work; to set forth a new thing

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Kālai

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To carve, cut, hew, engrave, hoe; to divide, as land; to shape a canoe or (fig.) an enterprise or intellectual policy; to plan, formulate, budget

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Naʻauao

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Learned, knowledge, wisdom

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Ao

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Light, Day, daylight, Dawn, to Dawn, grow light; enlightened; to regain consciousness

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Moʻokūʻauhau

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Genealogy, genealogical story

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Awe

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To thread, strand, thin, soft, wake or a ship

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Kaukoe

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To continue or persevere in a straight course

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18
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Maiau

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Skillful, ingenious, careful, thorough

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Hoʻokō

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To fulfill, to carry out

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Haliʻa

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A sudden remembrance, or memory, especially of a loved one; a fond recollection; or premonition

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21
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Awāwa

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Valley, gulch,ravine. Opposite of Mauna. Low level, place with high ground on each side. Also the space between your fingers and toes.

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Lako

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Well supplied, well furnished, rich, prosperous

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23
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Kākoʻo

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To uphold, support, favor, assist, prop up; to bind, as with a sash or belt; support, aid, recommendation, girdle.

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24
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ʻOloʻawa

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Coconut shell cut lengthwise as a cup for ʻawa (kava)

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Hoʻomaha

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To rest, take vacation, take a break

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26
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ʻIkena

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Knowledge

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27
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Wela

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Hot, burned, heat, temperature

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28
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Kupono

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Upright, honest, decent, proper, appropriate, rightful, worth, merit, excellence.

29
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Ea

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Life, air, breath, sovereignty, rural, independence

30
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Hoʻoponopono

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To correct

31
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Kīpuʻupuʻu

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Nane of a chilly wind and rain at Waimea, Hawaiʻi

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Kahiau

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To give generously or lavishly with the heart and not with expectation or return

33
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Noʻonoʻo

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Reflection, meditation, thought

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Akua

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God, goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, corpse; divine, supernatural, godly

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ʻĀina

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Land, earth

36
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Kaiāulu

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Community, neighborhood, village

37
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Mākaʻikaʻi

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To visit, see the sights, to stroll, makes tour, take a walk, to look upon; spectator

38
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Pilina

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Association, relationship, union, connection, meeting, joining, adhering, fitting

39
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Makana

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Gift, present, reward, award, donation, prize

40
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Pō

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Night, darkness, obscurity, the realm of the gods

41
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Moʻolelo

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Story, history, tradition, record

42
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Maopopo

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To clearly understand, realize, recognize

43
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Kāʻeʻaʻeʻa

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Expert, hero

44
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Nīnau

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Question; to ask a question, inquire, interrogate, interrogation; query

45
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Lani

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Sky, heaven, heavenly, spiritual

46
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Hālau

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Long house, as for canoes or hula instruction; meeting house

47
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Noiʻi

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To seek knowledge or information; to investigate; investigation, examination, research, searching for event the smallest detail

48
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Wiwoʻole

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Fearless, brave, bold, courageous

49
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Kuleana

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Right, privilege, concern, responsibility

50
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Ahonui

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Patience; patient, ensuring, long suffering; to tolerate

51
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Hōʻihi

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To treat as sacred, to hallow

52
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Hāmau

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Silent, silence

53
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Naʻau

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Intestines, guts; mind, heart, affections

54
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Hoʻomanawanui

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To be patient, patience, steadfast, fortitude

55
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Hauʻoli

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Happy, glad, gay, joyful; happiness, enjoyment, joy

56
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Ulu

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To grow, increase, spread;growth

57
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Maoli

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Native, indigenous, aborigine, genuine, true, real, actual

58
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Ānuenue

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Rainbow

59
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Pōmaikaʻi

A

Good fortune, blessed, fortunate

60
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Lawaiʻa

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Fisherman, fishing technique; to fish to catch

61
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Onipaʻa

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Steadfast, form, resolute, determined

62
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Hoʻomalu

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To protect, to make peace

63
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Nahenahe

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Soft, sweet, melodious, as music or a gentle voice

64
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Welina

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A greeting of affection, similar to aloha; a salutation in a letter

65
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Wehena

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Opening, unfastening, taking off; solution, as of a problem

66
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Wela

A

Hot, burned; heat, temperature

67
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ʻIkena

A

Knowledge

68
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Hoʻomaha

A

To rest, to take a vacation, to take a break

69
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ʻOloʻawa

A

Coconut shell cut lengthwise as a cup for ʻawa

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