ʻŌlelo Noʻeau are Hawaiian proverbs that often offer wisdom for a person to live by. The ones chosen are intended to apply particularly to your learning of the Hawaiian language in hopes to keep up your motivation.
Once you know the vocab, this month's proverb is actually pretty simple! Still, I'll provide a breakdown for your understanding.
- ʻAʻohe = There is no, not any; composed of ʻAʻole and He; this line has an implied mea after ʻAʻohe, so means "It is not a thing"
- Pau = Done, gone, finished
- ʻike = Knowledge, experience
- i = in
- Hālau = Traditional hula school, place to learn hula (there were no schools as we know it in old Hawaiʻi)
- Hoʻokahi = One (in this sense, it can also be translated as "same")
All together:
Knowledge is not a thing finished in one school.