Talk:Puʻuwai, Hawaii
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Very funny closing paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8001:DC3F:A00:A4C6:8D98:4AB9:B5BD (talk) 04:43, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
Hawaiian translation
[edit]Pu'uwai translates literally no-seed-water-island. More generally, it translates as "barren waters". Pu'u means barren as in pu'unene, the word for a nun, a "barren goose". Wai means waters as in Ha-wai-i, Big-Waters-Island. My Flatley (talk) 18:46, 13 May 2018 (UTC)