Hawaiian Word of the Week: ?Elima
ʻElima—Five, five times.
ʻElima—Five, five times.
Alanui—Street, road, highway.
A Kauaʻi CC project has found a way to double the production of ʻulu.
ʻOkakopa—October.
Lassner also honored UH Cancer Center's Lang Wu, the UH nominee for state employee of the year, and provided updates on enrollment for fall 2024 and extramural funding for the current fiscal year.
ʻEke—Sack, pocket, bag, basket.
Kanilehua—Name of a mist-like rain famous in Hilo. Literally, [rain that] lehua flowers drink.
Kepakemapa—September.
ʻOlina—To make merry; joyous, rejoicing, merrymaking.
The Hilo native returned after serving at four other UH campuses for almost 40 years.