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Pua lahilahi works, but more importantly, what is the context of this delicate flower?
Delayed reaction here...a little back story: we've got an individual at work who is a real "guy's guy," tall, strapping, big into sports, video games, working out, your typical stereotypical guy. The only thing is that he requires 10 hrs of sleep a night. On the rare occasions he has been forced to work all night, by morning he looks like he just spent a week at Guantanamo Bay--I mean he just looks horrible in comparison to any of the rest of us if we are in the same boat. Out of this situation arose a conversation in which someone I work with wanted to nickname this guy "delicate flower" in Hawaiian as a joke. That's pretty much it.
Re: How do you say "delicate flower" in Hawaiian?
I can see it now....business polo shirt with big emblem of your workplace on the pocket, and "Pua lahilahi" embroidered over the pocket.
"No, no, that one was made especially for you, brah."
Delayed reaction here...a little back story: we've got an individual at work who is a real "guy's guy," tall, strapping, big into sports, video games, working out, your typical stereotypical guy. The only thing is that he requires 10 hrs of sleep a night. On the rare occasions he has been forced to work all night, by morning he looks like he just spent a week at Guantanamo Bay--I mean he just looks horrible in comparison to any of the rest of us if we are in the same boat. Out of this situation arose a conversation in which someone I work with wanted to nickname this guy "delicate flower" in Hawaiian as a joke. That's pretty much it.
Gotcha… big, gorgeous tree, lovely virile fruits…but his stump is mostly water, hence his delicate sensibilities, requiring that his soil is just so-so, or he can be cut down so easily.
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