Keiki

[Benjamin Barrett]

I do. It's used interchangeably with "child" and "children."

In Hawai'i, it's used in completely English contexts. Additionally, expressions like "keiki menu" are common.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On May 9, 2013, at 5:18 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone outside of the Islands have a clue as to what it means and how
> it's used?
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
>
>> Surely, it's past time to add this to dictionaries. The OED doesn't have =
>> it and Wiktionary has it only as a Hawaiian language word.
>>
>> In Hawai'i, the word is used freely in English as this article shows:
>>
>> =
>> http://mauinow.com/2013/05/06/video-hawaiian-immersion-lottery-at-pa%CA%BB=
>> ia-school-postponed/
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Seattle, WA=

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