KAHAKŌ: Word Drill
Read these Hawaiian words as they are pronounced. Can you hear the difference between long and short vowels?
| kumu | teacher | kūmū | a kind of fish |
| kala | a kind of fish | kālā | money |
| koko | blood | kōkō | a kind of net |
| hili | to hit | wīwī | skinny |
| palu | type of raw fish | pākū | curtain |
| nele | to have nothing | pēpē | baby |
| poho | to mend | pohō | what a waste! |
| kāne | man | kane | skin discoloration |
| malama | month | mālama | to take care |