“He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina.”

MAHALO

E ulu aʻe ana nā puna e like me he keiki e kupu aʻe ana a e lilo auaneʻi i mea paʻa loa. A laila, inā hana kākou, e ulu auaneʻi nō, me he pūkoʻa kani ʻāina lā.*

He wā pīhoihoi kēia ma ka moʻolelo o Punawaiola. E hoʻokikohoʻe ana mākou he ʻaneʻane piha ʻumikūmākahi makahiki, a i loko o ia wā, ua kūkulu ʻia he waihona e hū mai ai ka ʻike kānāwai kūhohonu e pono ai ke ola. He iki ʻo Punawaiola (ʻelua limahana e hana hapalua manawa), akā nō naʻe, he nunui ka hoʻolana manaʻo a māua. E leka uila mai inā he mau nīnau kāu: punawai1@hawaii.edu.

* MARY KAWENA PUKUI, ʻŌLELO NOʻEAU: HAWAIIAN PROVERBS AND POETICAL SAYINGS # 932 (2004).