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Use of the kahakō and ʻokina, as used in current standard Hawaiian orthography, is preferred in Hawaiian language words, names and usage in the body of articles dealing with Hawaii on the English Wikipedia. The online Hawaiian Dictionary or a similar reference work should be used as a guide for proper spelling.
There are other Japanese words common among the Japanese American population (such as "okazu" and "obaachan"), but not as well-known among Hawaiʻi's general population. Such words have not been included here, nor have Japanese words which have entered the English language on a national level, such as " anime " ( アニメ ), " karaoke ...
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.
Hawaiian names (6 P) Hawaiian Pidgin (5 P, 1 F) T. Translators to Hawaiian (1 C, 4 P) W. Hawaiian words and phrases (1 C, 39 P) ... additional terms may apply.
in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. {{Hawaiian Dictionaries|puna|id=D19321|dic=pp}} Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of puna". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. wrong description of the ...
Where the English and Hawaiian names are different, and the Hawaiian name is the official name, and has gained favour in English usage, use the official Irish name. Example: Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, not City of Refuge National Historical Park. Erudy 21:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
The Japanese in Hawaii (simply Japanese Hawaiians or “Local Japanese”, rarely Kepanī) are the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii. At their height in 1920, they constituted 43% of Hawaii's population. [2] They now number about 16.7% of the islands' population, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. The U.S. Census categorizes mixed-race ...
Place name west of Honolulu, used as a direction term ... This section is here to highlight some of the most common words of the Hawaiian Language, ...