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Mau moe'uhane nahenahe

There are a number of ways to say "sweet dreams" in Hawaiian.

You could say "mana'o nahenahe." Mana'o means thoughts or dreams and nahenahe means sweet. You could also say mana'o nani, which means beautiful dreams/thoughts.

However, the older Hawaiian way of saying sweet dreams is, "e hiamoe me ka maluhia," which means more like "sleep in peace." The reason why the term did not include the word for dream, "moe`uhane" (literally meaning spirit sleep) is because dreams were thought to be the time when the spirit leaves the body. Wishing someone sweet dreams would imply for the spirit to enjoy itself so much that it would never return to the body.

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