pana po'o
Language: Hawaiian · [ˈpana ˈpoʔo] · Pronunciation: PAH-nah POH-oh
Meaning
scratching your head to shake a memory loose
The story
Hawaiian noticed the gesture everyone makes when a name refuses to surface, and gave it a verb of its own. The scratching rarely produces the name, but it buys time and looks like work. English keeps it literal: head-scratching.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Hawaiian
- Where do you see it?
- In the hallway, keys nowhere to be found
- What does it literally say?
- Tap the head
- What does it mean?
- Scratching your head to jog your memory
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