C2

Prayer and Spiritual Language

ʻŌlelo Pule

About this concept

Language of Hawaiian prayers (pule), blessings, and spiritual practices. Includes pre-Christian spiritual vocabulary (mana, kapu, noa) and post-contact Christian Hawaiian prayers.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

E nā akua, e mālama mai iā mākou.O gods, protect us. (traditional pule)
ʻĀmene.Amen. (Christian Hawaiian)
He mana ko ka ʻōlelo.Words have power/mana.
E hoʻonoa i ka ʻāina.Free the land from kapu. (release a spiritual restriction)

Prerequisite

Traditional and Poetic LanguageC1

More C2 concepts

Niʻihau DialectʻŌlelo NiʻihauFormal Written HawaiianʻŌlelo PalapalaKaona (Hidden Meaning) and RhetoricKaonaModern Hawaiian and NeologismsʻŌlelo HouNarrative and Storytelling ConventionsMoʻolelo

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