"1:30"
Translation:Hapalua hola ʻekahi
March 19, 2019
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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.
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/