Sleepers and One Hit Wonders

[Menehune]

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Originally posted by Dennis

We were sitting around yesterday listening to Hawaiian music and my wife asked me if I could ask what the Hawaiian word "Kapu'ana" means. Thanks!

Dennis

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It appears there is no specific translation for just "Kapu'ana" - it is normally spoken in the phrase"Ha'ina ia mai ana ka puana".

Answer taken from another source:
"It's "Ha'ina ia mai ana ka puana", and it's a traditional ending to
Hawaiian songs, though it's often abbreviated. The meaning is
"So let the story be told..." and it will be followed by the subject
of the song. It hearkens back to the time when the only transmission
of verbal was through chant. If the chant was not repeated by the
hearer, it would be lost"

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