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Hau`oli Lâ o Lono-i-ke-aweawe-aloha!
[ hau oh lee LAH oh loh noh ee ke (y)ah veh (y)ah weh ah loh hah]
(14 Pepeluali), Valentine's Day, is a holiday honoring aloha (love) and nâ ipo (lovers), who exchange valentines (greeting cards (nâ kâleka aloha) or small gifts (nâ makana li`ili`i) ).
Literally, "The day of the god of love and mercy"; a term coined in 1980.
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Aloha wau iâ `oe. [ah loh hah vau ee AH oe]
Click here to say "ALOHA WAU IÂ `OE" in the various
languages used throughout the world.
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nâ pua [ NAH poo (w)ah]
- Say it with flowers, and not necessarily with roses. In Hawaiian poetry and songs, an
ipo (sweetheart) may be likened to a:
pua (flower), as `awapuhi (ginger), `ilima, kalaunu (crown flower), kiele (gardenia), kukui (candlenut), laniuma (rose geranium), lehua, maile, mamo (safflower), melia (plumeria), and pîkake (Arabian jasmine).
liko (flower bud)
lei (garland, necklace)
lau`ae, palai (ferns)
`a`ala, `ala, onaona (fragrance)
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kanakê [ kah nah KEH]
here for a list of "Sweets for the Sweet" in Hawaiian.
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nâ mele ho`oipoipo [NAH meh leh hoh oh (y)ee poh (y)ee poh]
here for a list of beautiful love lyrics in Hawaiian love songs.
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ho`onipo [hoh oh nee poh]
"E ho`i i ka pili, E ku`u ipo, E nêne`e mai, e nânea mai, E ke aloha, E ho`onipo kâua."
"Come here to me, My darling love, Cuddle close, relax, My beloved, Let us make love. "
(From the song: E Ho`i I Ka Pili, KAWAIPUNAHELE, Keali`i Reichel)
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ku`u ipo [koo oo (y)ee poh]
- In Hawaiian poetry and songs, a
sweetheart is likened to a flower, bud, lei, or fern, as well as:
(manu), such as, `i`iwi (scarlet honey creeper), ka`upu (albatross), `ô`ô (black honey eater), and pûnia (fledgling);
a fish (i`a), such as, kole (surgeonfish), kûmû (goatfish), manô (shark), and ulua (crevalle, jack or pompano).
and, wai puna (spring water).
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E pili kâua. [eh pee lee KAH oo (w)ah]
pili = to cling, stick, adhere, touch, join, adjoin, cleave to, associate with, be with, be close or adjacent.
kâua = us (you and me).
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pu`uwai [poo oo vai]
pu`uwai as a center of emotion is probably a Western concept. Hawaiian thinking: the seat of thought /"mind" and the center of emotions and feelings /"heart" are centered in the na`au (intestines, guts, bowels).
Example phrase:
pu`uwai kapalili = fluttering heart
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honi [hoh nee]
- A Hawaiian kiss: to touch noses on the side in greeting.
Honi also means to smell, sniff; a scent.
Other words that mean kiss: kiki (transliterated from the English), ihu, hô mai i ka ihu, mau ihola nâ ihu (a lingering kiss; literally, noses caught); ma`û a`ela ka ihu (the nose is damp, as in a kiss).
Other honi words:
honihoni (to kiss or smell repeatedly; sniff)
honikâ (to kiss loudly; a loud kiss)
honilima (to throw a kiss; such a kiss)
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