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[solved (probably)] Hawaiian slang question (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Does anybody know a good site for Hawaiian slang?

The test word is "kumu". In an episode of the original Hawaii Five-O Kono says "This girl I met from Cleveland... Kumu." He means something like she's very sexy.

I asked about it in r/hawaii but they removed my post. I scuttled my ships. I was rude to the mods so I assume they'll ban me. Real aloha spirit they have over there.

Google was worse than useless. For example - google makes it hard if not impossible to search blogs.

Rant

It's very old news I know but google has really turned to shit. It's pathetic.

Edit 1

I made an edit. Google only has the "teacher" meaning.

Edit 2

See SoJB's comment and my reply. I think it was a prank.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Thanks.

In the megathread I just mentioned that the series is riddled with mistakes. But in this case now I wonder if the "mistake" was an intentional prank by the Hawaiians. That never occurred to me and now I think it's the answer.

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