Topic: Hawaiian

"Aia i hea ke kai nīoi?"

Translation:Where is the chili pepper water?

June 5, 2019

4 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RonRGB
  • 271

(link) https://manomano.io/definition/27151

nīoi

[PE] 1 n Any kind of red pepper (Capsicum annuum). Fig. A controversial or important problem.

June 5, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Abelon5
  • 17

Thanks RonRBG. Of course, it is not very difficult to locate vocabulary definitions online. The most interesting comments have to do with grammatical structure and common usage. For example, what is chili pepper water in common English? Hot sauce, perhaps.

July 29, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Abelon5
  • 17

So, hot sauce is "chili pepper water?"

July 29, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BarbaraLea954887
  • 324

I did see this item somewhere for sale. Any information on its history, when snd where it is eaten?

August 9, 2019
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