How to Say Beautiful in Hawaiian

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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]

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  1. The standard word beautiful is "nani". [2] It is pronounced as nah-knee . Nani can also be used for splendid and pretty.
    • Nani kōkī (supremely beautiful) [3]
  2. [4] 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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  3. [5] It is pronounced as ma-caw-la-poo-ahh .
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      1. ↑ https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/1682/maemae-glossary-of-common-hawaiian-vocabulary.pdf
      2. ↑ 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
      3. ↑ https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/?q=k%C5%8Dk%C4%AB
      4. ↑ http://ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc79.pdf
      5. ↑ https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/?q=makalapua

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