Hawaiian Phrase · Family
hoʻomanaʻo kūpuna
Pronunciation: /hoh-oh-MAH-nah-oh KOO-poo-nah/
Meaning
To remember ancestors, ancestral remembrance.
Example sentences
Ma ka lā hoʻomanaʻo kūpuna, ua hoʻokupu mākou i ka ʻāina me nā mele aliʻi.
On ancestral remembrance day, we honored the land with royal chants.
Pono kākou e hoʻomanaʻo kūpuna i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi wale nō manawa.
We should remember our ancestors every day, not just once.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale mākou i ka manawa no ka hoʻomanaʻo kūpuna i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina ʻohana.
We set aside time for ancestral remembrance during the family reunion.
About this word
“hoʻomanaʻo kūpuna” is a Hawaiian phrase meaning To remember ancestors, ancestral remembrance. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Family. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.