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norcalgirl
Aloha
USA
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 Posted - 04/11/2008 : 05:50:51 AM
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Greetings All, I am hoping that someone can help me with a Hawaiian phrase. A friend in college use to say a phrase that roughly meant:
sunrise brings with it the opportunity to see things with new eyes........
I have needed this phrase in my life lately and would love to be able to have it as my morning song. Thank you.......
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2008 : 12:01:20 PM
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These are some of the words/phrases I can translate off the top of my head. Note that you can't translate from one language to another literally all the time. It has to sound natural to the other person's ear.
The sun: ka la
With new eyes: me na maka hou |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
1260 Posts |
Posted - 04/13/2008 : 12:02:29 PM
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| Oh, and I just remembered, "to see" is 'ike. |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
'Alika / Polinahe |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2008 : 5:20:42 PM
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Becky: This book is a most excellent resource. Sorry to say I have not yet purchased it myself, but it is next on my long list of stuff to get. It is also available from the Bishop Museum, Native Books Hawai`i and many of th.e book resources in Hawai`i,
If you order from amazon, use the link through Taro Patch so Taro Patch can get the bennies of affiliation.
'Olelo No'eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings (Paperback)
by Mary Kawena Pukui (Editor)
List Price: $24.95
Here is one review that was posted on Amazon:
'Olelo No'eau, July 10, 2000
By A Customer
For anyone interested in learning about the poetry and eloquence that is the Hawaiian language, you have to buy this book. The book "Olelo No'eau (which means wise sayings) illustrates the ways in which Hawaiians used examples of what they observed in their everyday surroundings to express themselves. Each of the wise sayings covers a wide variety of topics including family, relationships, battle, life, and honor. Mary Kawena Puku'i has long been an avid perpetuator of the Hawaiian culture and I am very pleased to have this publication to share with others.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 04/13/2008 5:29:45 PM |
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