Hawaiian noun · Land
ʻāina kūpuna
Pronunciation: /AH-ee-nah KOO-poo-nah/
Meaning
ancestral land
Example sentences
Pono kākou e mālama i ko kākou ʻāina kūpuna.
We must take care of our ancestral land.
Manaʻo nui nā kūpuna i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka ʻāina kūpuna.
The elders have a strong desire to return to the ancestral land.
Hoʻoilina ka manaʻo o ke aloha no ka ʻāina kūpuna i nā keiki.
The spirit of love for the ancestral land is inherited by the children.
About this word
“ʻāina kūpuna” is a Hawaiian noun meaning ancestral land. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.