Hale Kuamo‘o Mo‘ohua “Word of the Week”: Ākoʻakoʻa
Once a week during the school year, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage. This week’s word is ʻākoʻakoʻa.
Each week during the school year, Hale Kuamoʻo, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Hawaiian Language Center, posts a new “Word of the Week” as part of a series of short videos called Moʻohua.
Once a week, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage.
This week’s word is ʻākoʻakoʻa:
ʻĀkoʻakoʻa is the word of the week. ʻĀkoʻakoʻa is a coral habitat in the ocean where fishes live, and it resembles a rock-like material. Here is ʻākoʻakoʻa in a sentence: “Whenever I swim in the ocean, I always see tiny fishes in the coral.” That is all, mahalo!
