[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/hookanawai.mp3″ text=”Hoʻokānāwai”] To impose a law ʻO wai nā ʻēkake e hoʻokānāwai ana i kēlā mau kānāwai hou? Pohō wale ua kānāwai lā e pāpā paha i ka hele wāwae ʻana me nā hāmeʻa. Who are the donkeys imposing these new laws? The one that might prohibit walking with electronic devices is utterly useless.
The 2011 Ka Palapala Po’okela Awards are done, and we decided to do a quick recap of the event with our thoughts on who won and whom we feel should have won. To make this recap a little more fun we typed up our conversation, transcript style, so you can read all the hilarious tidbits […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/kalio.mp3″ text=”Ka lio”] The horse He waikekē na ke kanaka, a he pia na ka lio. Whiskey for the man, and beer for the horse.
This week, Hawaii Book Blog was invited to participate in Kittling: Books ‘Scene of the Blog’. Selected book bloggers send in pictures of their work and reading areas and talk a little bit about what inspires them. Check out our ‘Scene of the Blog’ here. Alex and I think this is a brilliant idea and […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/kaleo.mp3″ text=”Ka leo”] The voice “Mai paʻa i ka leo.” “Do not withhold the voice.”
Over the last month or so we’ve added a couple of regular features to the site. We’re very excited about our new shop where you can buy HBB merchandise (Shaka for books!) and Hawaiian language t-shirts. Plus, we’ve started a ‘Hawaiian word of the day’ on the site and Twitter (@olelooftheday). Now you can follow ʻŌlelo […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/pakibuke.mp3″ text=”Pākī puke iāia”] or pākī buke iāia e Danno “Book ’em, Danno.”
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/mama.mp3″ text=”Māmā”] Mother, see also: makuahine ʻO kona māmā ka hoa pili o kekahi keiki kāne. “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” —Norman Bates, Psycho
[gn_quote] Ka poʻina nalu became an intense zone where Hawaiians, including politically astute and elite ones, clashed with haole on a battleground over more than simply a Hawaiian sport, but their physical and cultural domination. [/gn_quote] From its Polynesian origins, surfing has grown exponentially into a multi-million-dollar-a-year sport practiced along beaches and coastlines worldwide—even indoors1—covered […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all the great Mums! I saw this article on “Ideas for Mother’s Day Book Lists“. It’s a collection of links to different book-lists on the web with popular titles that Moms like. Inspired by this, I thought it might be nice to make a list of our own. So, if your household matriarch is […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/makuahine.mp3″ text=”Makuahine”] Mother Mea mai koʻu makuahine, huhū nā ʻalakeka no ka mea, nui nā niho o lākou a ʻaʻohe palaki niho. “Momma says that alligators are ornery cause they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.” –Bobby Bouchet, Waterboy
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