Word of the Day: Ohana

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This week we have some really great words to define and I am looking forward to getting your submissions.  Today’s word of the day comes from Art Payne in the beautiful islands of Hawaii.  He has chosen the word Ohana and we have gotten our definition for the word at www.wordiq.com

Ohana

Part of Hawaiian culture, ohana means family in an extended sense of the term.  It emphasizes that family is bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another.

In contemporary Hawaiian life, an "ohana unit" is a part of a house that may contain a grandparent or may be rented to the general public.

Great word, Art!!!

Being a mother of four children, I will submit to the occasional cartoon or Disney movie now and again. In this case I knew the definition of the word Ohana and have for some time because of the wonderful movie Lilo and Stitch.

In the movie, Lilo adopts Stitch and he becomes part of her Ohana (family).  Having Stitch become part of the family becomes troublesome for the elder sister, but eventually he settles down and is happy with his new circumstances.  It is a great cartoon movie for the little people in your lives as well as those of us who need to remember what Ohana is.

For my daughter it meant that every barn kitty for miles around became part of our Ohana (family).  It can be a magical thing when we discover a word that would normally be foreign to us on a daily basis and make it part of our everyday life.  I know that my daughter sure did.  I have the cats to prove it.  

Anyhow, thank you for the submission, Art, and I look forward to getting your next one.  To all of you out there who have not submitted as of yet, get your words in today.  You’re only a few clicks away from being a potential winner.

That’s all for now; until next time, remember to Read On!!!  

H.R. Phillips