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Truth
Ma ka ʻōʻioʻio ʻana ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Where there is tweeting, there is truth.
He ʻonipaʻa ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.*
Truth is unchangeable.…
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/lepebuke.mp3″ text=”Lepe buke”]
Bookmark
E nānā i nā lepe buke hou a Hawaiʻi Book Blog.
Check out Hawaiʻi Book Blog’s new bookmarks.…
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Autograph, signature
Ma ka Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival kākou e loaʻa ai nā hapapūlima a kō ʻoneʻi mau mea kākau punahele a me Sarah Vowell.
The Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival is where we’ll get the …
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/ao.mp3″ text=”Aʻo”]
To learn or teach*
Hiki iaʻu ke aʻo aku i ka ʻai Dougie.
I can teach you how to Dougie.
*Depending on the directional particles, mai and aku…
[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 …
[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.…
[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.”…
[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
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[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, …
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/05/kokokika.mp3″ text=”Kokokika”]
Tigerblood
He koko kika ko kākou i loko o ko kākou mau kino.
We all have tigerblood within us.…
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