... since I've had my Hawaiian Word of the Day.
I like it because it reminds me to keep practicing my 'olelo hawai'i. And so, I shall bring it back. I am also taking another class, so that helps me discover new words.
HWotD:
hānai - literally, to raise, rear, feed, nourish, sustain; provider, caretaker
also means foster child, adopted child; foster, adopted
"haah-nye"
I am the keiki hānai of the Halau Na Pua O Uluhaimalama family. Hanai is a Hawaiian tradition where a child is raised by an "adoptive" or, more literally, a "feeding" family. It's pretty cool, if you ask me.
Read more stories of hanai here.
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