Ka Mele Pîâpâ `Ôlelo Hawai`i
Hawaiian Alphabet Song

na Mary Kawena Pukui no ka mo`opuna kâne, La`akea
by Mary Kawena Pukui for grandson, La`akea

 E nâ hoa kamali`i,
O fellow children,

E a`o mai kâkou
Let us learn together

I pa`ana`au ka pîâpâ.
Til we’ve memorized the alphabet.

`Â, `ê, `î, `ô, `û,
A, e, i , o, u,

Hê, kê, lâ, mû, nû.
H, k, l, m, n.

`O pî me wê nâ panina
P and w are the last two

O ka pîâpâ.
Of the alphabet

Source: Elbert, Samuel H. SPOKEN HAWAIIAN, University of Hawai`i Press,
Honolulu, HI, 1970.

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