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Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library is an online, digital library of Native Hawaiian reference material for cultural and Hawaiian language studies. The services are free and are provided and maintained by Kahaka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo [1] and Ka Waihona Puke 'Ōiwi Native Hawaiian Library at Alu Like. [2]
Buddhahead: Hawaii person of Japanese descent. In this context, “Buddha” is likely a corruption of Japanese “豚 (buta)”, meaning “pig”. In contrast, the term “Katonk” means a Japanese-American from the US mainland. Habut/Habuteru: To feel grumpy or resentful, especially after feeling offended by something.
Hawaiian is a predominantly verb–subject–object language. However, word order is flexible, and the emphatic word can be placed first in the sentence. [1]: p28 Hawaiian largely avoids subordinate clauses, [1]: p.27 and often uses a possessive construction instead.
Calling a female -kun is not insulting and can also mean that the person is respected, although that is not the normal implication. Rarely, sisters with the same name, such as "Miku", may be differentiated by calling one "Miku-chan" and the other "Miku-san" or "-sama", and on some occasions,"-kun". Chan and -kun occasionally mean similar things.
Aloha (/ ə ˈ l oʊ h ɑː / ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian:) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians , for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence.
The Groovy Girls doll line by Manhattan Toy features a doll named Suki; Suki, an Alaskan malamute dog on the PBS children's program Molly of Denali; Suki, in the 2003 American film 2 Fast 2 Furious; Suki, a hedgehog in Pikwik Pack; Sukie Ridgemont, character in John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick, played by Michelle Pfieffer in the 1987 ...
Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese Takarasienne; Yū Wakui: (和久井 優), a Japanese voice actress; Yuu Watase (悠宇), a Japanese shōjo manga artist; Yuu Yabuuchi (優), a Japanese manga artist; Yu Yagami (裕), a Japanese manga artist; Yu Yamada (優), a Ryukyuan model, actress, and singer; Yu Yokoyama (裕), a member of the Japanese idol ...
The term comes from the Hawaiian language. It is frequently used in song titles such as "He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi", composed in 1866 by Liliʻuokalani as a national anthem. Hawaiian songbooks often carry the word in the book's title. [1] Mele is a cognate of Fijian language meke.