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Hawaiian Word of the Day: ʻIwa
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Posted in Ka Mo‘omeheu Hawai‘i / Hawaiian Culture, ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i / Hawaiian Language
Today’s Hawaiian word of the day is ‘iwa, or the frigate bird, one of the most famed birds of Hawai‘i.
The ʻiwa appears in the kaʻi, or entrance hula, “Hoʻopuka ka lā i ka hikina” (The Sun Rises in the East”):
Haʻa mai nā ʻiwa me Hiʻiaka.
The ʻiwa dance forth with the Goddess Hiʻiaka.
