#olelo — Public Fediverse posts
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ʻO kēia ka lā hānau o Mary Kawena Pukui!
Today is the birthday of Mary Kawena Pukui, b. April 20, 1895 #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaiiExcerpt From
‘Ōlelo No‘eau
Mary Kawena Pukui & Dietrich Varez
https://books.apple.com/us/book/%C5%8Dlelo-no-eau/id514150999
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We all learn the word “kahakō” meaning “macron,” the bar over the long vowel (as in its own final letter). But it also means “steep, sheer” as in this ʻŌlelo Nōʻeau:
“1527 Ka pali kahakō lele a koa‘e.
Sheer cliff reached only by the tropic bird.
A tall, inaccessible cliff.”
#olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii #cliff #sheer #steep
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In the Fall 2024 Audubon magazine is an interesting article about a bird researcher who’s cataloging and photographing specimens of Hawaiian birds which are in non-Hawaiian museums. The reference to an ʻōlelo noʻeau caught my eye. Interesting! #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii #audubon #extinction
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February is Hawaiian Language Month! Mary Kawena Pukui is being featured on a dollar coin! #maryKawenaPukui #olelo #oleloHawaii #hawaiianLanguageMonth #usmint #dollar
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-01-31/new-1-coin-native-hawaiian-scholar-mary-kawena-pukui -
#HawaiianPublicRadio didn’t post today’s #hawaiianWordOfTheDay so instead of sharing that, I’ll share my new favorite ʻŌlelo Noʻeau!
I kāhi ‘e no ke kumu mokihana, paoa ‘e no ‘one‘i i ke ‘ala.
Although the mokihana tree is at a distance, its fragrance reaches here.
Although a person is far away, the tales of his good deeds come to us.#olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #OleloHawaii #reputation #mokihana #1177
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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau number 2024: Luahine moe nonō. (Old woman who sleeps and snores.) Pele, who is said to sleep in lava beds. #olelonoeau #maryKawenaPukui #adage #wiseSaying #hawaiianLanguage #olelo #oleloHawaii #lava #volcano