Hawaiian days

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Hawaiian (’Ōlelo Hawai’i)

Language Family:
Austronesian, Polynesian branch

Spoken in:
Hawai'i (50th state of the United States of America)

Pattern:
numbered, starting on Monday. In Hawaiian, the word pō means night, but it was at night when the Hawaiian 24 hour cycle, or day, started.

Days of the Week:

  1. Translations: Monday: pō’akahi = 1st night
  2. Translations: Tuesday: pō’alua = 2nd night
  3. Translations: Wednesday: pō’akolu = 3rd night
  4. Translations: Thursday: pō’ahā = 4th night
  5. Translations: Friday: pō’alima = 5th night
  6. Translations: Saturday: pō’aono = 6th night
  7. Translations: Sunday: lā pule = prayer day


>> multilingual resources >> Translations: Days of the week >> Translations: numbered days
see also Hawaiian months

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