{"id":227329,"date":"2025-12-30T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=227329"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:20:46","slug":"uh-news-olelo-of-the-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/uh-news-olelo-of-the-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> News ʻ\u014clelo of the Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\"Fern<\/p>\n

In 2025, \u02bb\u014dlelo Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> speakers and students in the UH<\/abbr> community shared their favorite Hawaiian words. Mahalo to the students, faculty and staff members who shared words that inspired them, and we look forward to more words in the new year!<\/p>\n

This year the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Ka Haka \u02bbUla o Ke\u02bbelik\u014dlani<\/span>, College of Hawaiian Language<\/span><\/a> chose k\u0101huli as the 2025 Hua\u02bb\u014dlelo<\/span> (Word) of the Year<\/a>. K\u0101huli conveys the meaning \u201cto change, to alter, to overturn.\u201d In the Kumulipo<\/em>, k\u0101huli describes the transformation that warmed the earth and unfolded the heavens, catalyzing the formation of the universe itself.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

ʻAʻahu<\/span><\/a>
\nʻElua<\/a>
\nHaʻaheo<\/span><\/a>
\nHele w\u0101wae<\/a>
\nHoʻokipa<\/span><\/a>
\nHoʻopaʻa<\/span><\/a>
\nHuakaʻi<\/span><\/a>
\nHuli<\/a>
\nʻIanuali<\/a>
\nʻIʻini<\/span><\/a>
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Kalaiwa<\/a>
\nKauwela<\/a>
\nKeʻena<\/span><\/a>
\nKuleana<\/a>
\nLaiki<\/a>
\nLipine<\/a>
\nMalaki<\/a>
\nM\u0101lie<\/a>
\nManak\u014d<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

M\u012bkini<\/a>
\nN\u016bhou<\/a>
\nʻOihana<\/a>
\nʻOki<\/a>
\nPeleh\u016b<\/a>
\nPepeluali<\/a>
\nPenikala<\/a>
\nP\u014dpeku<\/a>
\nPuke<\/a>
\nʻUhane<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n

UH<\/abbr> News 2025 recap<\/h2>\n

10 top UH<\/abbr> News stories 2025<\/a>
\n10 top UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa stories 2025<\/a>
\nTop stories from each UH<\/abbr> campus 2025<\/a>
\n10 top UH<\/abbr> leadership stories 2025<\/a>
\nUH<\/abbr> News \u02bb\u014clelo of the Week 2025<\/a>
\nUH<\/abbr> Images of the Week 2025<\/a>
\nIn Memoriam 2025<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mahalo to the students, faculty and staff members who shared words that inspired them, and we look forward to more words in the new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":189503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,1530,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-227329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-olelo-of-the-week","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t