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Kaimana Hila is a Hawaiian song composed in 1916 by Charles E. King, assisted by Andrew Cummings, about Diamond Head, which can be viewed from Waikiki beach on Honolulu, Oahu Island. Kaimana Hila means Diamond head, from the Hawaiian word "Kaimana", which means diamond , and the English word hill .
Due to the Hawaiian orthography's difference from English orthography, the pronunciation of the words differ. For example, the muʻumuʻu , traditionally a Hawaiian dress, is pronounced / ˈ m uː m uː / MOO -moo by many mainland (colloquial term for the Continental U.S.) residents.
[2] [3] Thus, an alternate translation is "The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." [8] Pono, commonly translated as "righteousness", may also connote goodness, fairness, order, or completeness. [9] ʻĀina, translated in the motto as "land", also has a more significant meaning in the Hawaiian language. [10]
"He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi" ("Song of the Hawaiian Nation") was composed by Liliʻuokalani in November 1866 at the request of Kamehameha V, who wanted a national anthem to replace the British anthem "God Save the King". It replaced Lunalilo's composition "E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua" as the national anthem. Liliʻuokalani wrote: "The king was present ...
Note: The word ʻewa can also mean crooked, out of shape, imperfect, ill-fitting. The word ewa, (without the okina), means unstable, swaying, wandering; strayed . This section is here to highlight some of the most common words of the Hawaiian Language, ʻŌlelo , that are used in everyday conversation amongst locals.
A pa'a-kāhili (kāhili bearer) followed the king everywhere he went (publicly). [8] The standard could be used as a fly-brush and were waved over the sleeping noble [ 8 ] or royal by servants, and these kāhili-bearers working in the sleeping chambers were called haʻakuʻe , [ 9 ] and were necessarily of the same gender as their master.
In Hawaiian mythology, Mahina is a lunar deity, mother of Hemā. Mahina is also the word for the " Moon " in Hawaiian language . It is likely that she is the same as the goddess Hina or Lona.
Thus, the Hawaiian name "Hina" is likely more connected to the other Polynesian meanings of Hina, denoting a silvery-grey color [4] like that of Mahina (i.e., the Moon in the Hawaiian language). As primordial gods who have existed for eternity , [ 5 ] Kū, Kāne, and Lono caused light to shine in upon the world.