Shave Ice; Hawaiian Loanwords

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Sun Feb 17 06:19:49 UTC 2002


   Greetings from Honolulu!
   Monday is President's Day, so the State Library is closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  I hate when this happems.  Hey, New Year's Day is a holiday.  Why not close all year?...The Hawaiian Historical Society's Library is under renovation through March...The Local Waikiki library was closed today, also...The University of Hawaii's library was open only until five p.m.  There are about 200 or so books under "Cookery--Hawaiian."  Make your requests now.

SHAVE ICE--This is sold all over.  In New York City, it's called Italian Ices or Snow Cones.  Why Shave Ice?  Not _Shaved_ Ice?

Girl's Day--March 3.
Boy's Day--May 5.  A local bakery had a sign for "Girl's Day Cake."  It's a Japanese bakery here.

PAC5 Sandwich--A meat-filled sandwich offered at the bakery, but I haven't seen it anywhere else in a quic Google.

COMMON HAWAIIAN LONAWORDS IN ENGLISH
Stanley M. Tsuzaki
University of Hawaii
(From WORKING PAPERS IN COMMUNICATION, University of Hawaii, II, 1971)

   278 words are listed in the june 1967 appendix, and many are food terms.  I'll list the food and "M" entries:

ahi
aku
akulikuli
au
awa
haole cooking
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
ia
kahala
kalua
kalua'd
kaukau
kawakawa
kiawe
ko
kope
kukae
kukae-lio
kulolo
laulau
lilikoi
lomi
lomilomi
lomilomi salmon
luau
mahalo  Thanks
mahalo nui  Many thanks
mahalo nui loa
mahape
mahea  Where?
mahimahi
mahope  1. Behind 2. Later in time
mahu  1. Sissified 2. An effeminate or sissified man 3. A male sex pervert 4. Girl crazy
maia  The plantain
maile
makahiki
makai
makana
makapa'a
maka'u
make  Afriad
makule
mala, malo
malihini
malo
malo
malua
mamo
manako
manapua
manienie
manini
manuahi
mauka
maunaloa
Mele Kalikimaka  Merry Christmas (This is a loanword from Hawaiian?--ed.)
menehune  Mythical little people who work at night, said to be early inhabitants of Hawaii but still believed to appear
mimi
moemoe
moi  Threadfish
mokihana
moku
moloha
momona
moo
mukamuumuu
niu
ohelu
oio
okolehao
opae
opakapaka
opelu
opihi
pa'akai
panini
papio
pepeeiao
piepiele
pipi kaula
pha
poi
popo
pua'a
pualele
pupu
ukupapa
uliuli
ulu
ulua
walu
(Just some words for Jesse S. and Andrew Smith to think bout--ed.)
(TRIVIA:  What Hawaiian town has five letters, and all vowels?)



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