Hawaiian Loanwords

[R K Henderson]

>At 08:54 PM 1/15/99 -0800, R K Henderson wrote:
>
> and I'm positive "hwah!" is
>>the same word as 'ho', 'how,' and 'heh'.
>
>And, perhaps. "Wow!"
>
Hadn't that of that! I'll bet you're right. "Wow" is of purely North
American origin, as is "uh-huh" and "uh-uh," both of which are First
Nations contributions. For that matter, until World War II, the English
didn't say "Hi." Sounds a lot like how-ho-heh, eh?

We seem to have struck a vein here.

RK Henderson
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