Word of the Day

The word for Sunday, October 14, 2007 is hale. It is Hawaiian for house. My sister felt that this should be the next word in the list. Hawaiians used this word as a base word for most of their building words, not just their house. I've listed a few of them below.

Pronunciation
HA-le
ha as ho in hot
le as lay in lay

Sample Sentences
I'm heading to the hale.
Did you just paint your hale?
He keeps his hale so anu

Other Forms of the Word
kaʻa hale - house trailer
hale pule - church
hale pūkaua - kingdom hall
hale pe'a - where the women would stay one week a month
komo kauhale - to go from house to house


A Hui Hou,
Shawn