"1:30"

Translation: Hapalua hola ʻekahi

[GaryKaHaumana]

Note that “hapa” can mean “half” and in fact does derive from the English, but it’s also a generic word and prefix meaning “part”. So “hapakolu” is one-third, “hapahā” is one-fourth, etc.

See https://hawaiian-grammar.org/current/#h.6ky2nb36uiwd for more.

[CurseLetters00]

Hapakolu* for one-third.

Hapahiku means one-seventh.

[GaryKaHaumana]

Dang, you're right, I always get kolu and hiku mixed up. :-(

[RonRGB]

Hola ʻehia kēia? = What time is it?

Hapalua hola ʻekahi = One-thirty

[SDB333]

Is it wrong to say "hapalua ka hola ʻekahi?" I feel like Iʻve seen that construction in another sentence.

[GaryKaHaumana]

I don't know for sure, but the examples I see all have it like this:

https://oleloonline.com/0515g-telling-time-on-the-half-hour/

https://hawaiian-grammar.org/current/#h.4kx3h1s