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Hawai'i: In language there is life, in language there is death

29 April 2021

Lapahoehoe _Hawai'i

In language there is life, in language there is death. 

—Hawai'ian proverb

I ka olele no ke ola, i ka olele no ka make.

 

Photo of Hawai'ian waves by Greg Smith, Kettering, Ohio


Posted at 02:13 in Life, Wisdom, Pacific Islands | Permalink | Comments (0)

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