LL-L "Names" 2005.12.05 (05) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 05 December 2005 * Volume 04
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2005.12.05 (04) [E]

Was there a Hawaiian or Polynesian god that fed and scared birds?
Ben:  Favored of Birdgod

Gary wrote:

'no Hawaiian name for you!'

"Spoilsport!"

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Names

Ben:

> Was there a Hawaiian or Polynesian god that fed and scared birds?

Yep, 'Io Uli ("dark hawk" < *Kio Uri).

> Ben:  Favored of Birdgod

'Io-lani
(< *Kio-rangi)

'io (hawk)
lani (chief, supreme, most favored)

'Io-lani is the name of a palace and of a school in Honululu, is also the 
special name of both Ka-mehameha II and Ka-mehameha IV.

Sandy:

'Aeko'eleho'āhumo'olelo
(< *Kaetokerefokāfumokorero)


'ele (black)
ho'āhu (collect, gather, compile)

'aeko (hawk)

mo'olelo (literature)

Reinhard/Ron

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