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English also borrows some Hawaiian words (e.g. ukulele, mahimahi, and muʻumuʻu). Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special ...
Puka shells are naturally occurring bead-like shells found on the beaches of Hawaii or other places. Each bead is the beach-worn apex of a cone snail . Such shells are often strung as necklaces, known as puka shell necklaces.
Mele (Hawaiian term) Mele Kalikimaka; Miss Hawaii; Miss Hawaii USA; Miss Hawaii World; Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen; Moke (slang) Moku; Molokai Hoe; Molokai Ka Hula Piko; Monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands
Now you may think that Puka Dog isn't the most appetizing name for a hot dog stand. Granted, when I first read it, thoughts of vomiting canines came to mind. But in Hawaii, a touristy hot dog ...
From Chicago Dogs and Detroit Coneys to D.C.'s Half Smokes and Hawaii’s Puka Dogs, ... No doubt the 808 gives the humble hot dog some Hawaiian flair: mango mustard, seared in Shoyu, Teriyaki ...
Hawaiian Pidgin (alternately, Hawaiʻi Creole English or HCE, known locally as Pidgin) is an English-based creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi.An estimated 600,000 residents of Hawaiʻi speak Hawaiian Pidgin natively and 400,000 speak it as a second language.
Hula Dog is a chain of restaurants based in the U.S. state of Hawaii, specializing in a unique type of hot dog, known as a Puka or Hula Dog, which comprises a tube-shaped bun, lacking the opening found on the top of regular buns, filled with a variety of different flavors of sauces and relishes of the customer's choice, and a hot dog that is inserted into the circular opening at the end of the ...
Kīpuka, along with ʻaʻā and pāhoehoe, are Hawaiian words related to volcanology that have entered the lexicon of geology.Descriptive proverbs and poetical sayings in Hawaiian oral tradition also use the word, in an allusive sense, to mean a place where life or culture endures, regardless of any encroachment or interference.