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Going to Hawaii? Meeting the Hawaiian ambassador? Or do you just want to say beautiful in Hawaiian because it sounds cooler than English? It's simple to say! [1] X Research source
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Use the word "ho'onani" as a verb to describe beauty or to give praise. [4] X Research source You can pronounce it as "ho-oh-nah-knee".
- Mea ho'onani kino (describing body jewelry)
- Nâ mea ho'onani (decorations in general)
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Use the word "makalapua" for handsome or blossoming (as in flower buds). [5] X Research source It is pronounced as ma-caw-la-poo-ahh .
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- ↑ https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/1682/maemae-glossary-of-common-hawaiian-vocabulary.pdf
- ↑ https://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2Ctextmamaka-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-nani--00-3-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D14186
- ↑ https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/?q=k%C5%8Dk%C4%AB
- ↑ http://ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc79.pdf
- ↑ https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/?q=makalapua
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