Hawaiian Vocabulary: Colors (Waiho'olu'u)

[@JonathanOlelo]

Great video as usual! I personally really like "melemele" :) A song that, interestingly, helped me learn Hawaiian colors, is "Black Rainbows" from "Hawaii Part II" album Also, I firstly discovered the Hawaiian language in this song (completely by a mistake) but I liked it from the first moment I heared it

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

Oh, I'll have to check out that song!

[@elliotts7383]

Haha, that's why I'm here! I love Black Rainbows.

[@JonathanOlelo]

@@elliotts7383 Nice! So I'm not the only one 🤩

[@Thestuffdoer]

Im also from black rainbows(specifcally the demo, im trying to figure out the un listed lyrics

[@rainrhapsody2411]

also here from black rainbows!

[@DivineStar37]

Ae! Mahalo!! :) this video is very helpful as strongly want to live in Hawaii some day it is my dream, but ive never been there. So i am studying hawaiian! Mahalo!!!

[@hazemahmed6943]

Thank so much Laura!!! This was really helpful! Hope to see more more helpful videos soon.

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

Mahalo for watching! :)

[@johnwilson3601]

Mahalo nui loa, Laura

[@verdakorako4599]

You could do a vocabulary video in the future that lists transliterated words.

[@Lainie6897]

Aloha Laura! Are you still making videos? Thank you for these; they are very helpful.

[@evapektas3832]

Thank you so much...very very nice work

[@lanabanana4577]

Mahalo nui loa!

[@jbterry4]

Official Island Colors of Hawa'ii is a topic related to your informative lesson. In addition to having official island flowers or lei materials, each Hawaiian island also designates an official island color: Hawai'i: ‘Ula‘ula (red) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/ohia-blossom Maui: 'Ākala (pink) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/lokelani Kaua'i: Poni (purple) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-plant/mokihana-berry Moloka'i: 'Ōma'oma'o (green) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/pua-kukui Lāna'i: 'Alani (orange) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-plant/kaunaoa Ni'ihau: Ke'oke'o (white) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-fish-aquatic-life/pupu Kaho'olawe: Hinahina (silvery gray) - statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/hinahina O'ahu: Pala luhiehu (golden yellow) or melemele (yellow) - statesymbolsusa.org/pua-ilima Source: statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-cultural-heritage/island-colors

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

Oh yes, I came across this information when I was researching for this video!

[@sionainn901]

i’ve found these videos so helpful as someone who doesn’t even live in hawaiʻi so i never hear any hawaiian words but i have family there and i find this language so beautiful so i’ve been trying to learn for a bit but do you think you’ll ever do lessons like this in a podcast format?

[@jamesiesambajon6491]

Mahalo

[@finnyc.260]

Is it me, or is your language really easy to sound out if you know English. Why is that? Is there a connection?

[@EchoLog]

Less phonemes and simpler phonotactics. (Good for long distance communication too 👍) Also English has a historical-etymological spelling system, where you need to at least half-learn English's cousin's spelling rules for different words. Where as polynesian languages made their Latin alphabet orthographies from (almost) scratch.

[@litobeatz639]

Interestingly, Duolingo teaches that uliuli means blue

[@appelblossom4311]

Beautiful, baby bird! Have you given her a name yet? Omaomao is the Hawaiian word for green..