Hawaiian Word of the Week - #81
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
The Hawaiian Word of the Week is:
lehua - The flower of the ohi'a tree, also the tree itself. The lehua is the flower of the island of Hawai'i, as designated in 1923 by the Territorial legislature, it is famous in song and tale.
Definition from the Hawaiian Dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert.