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Symbol Description Year Image Source Bird: Nēnē Branta sandvicensis: Also known as the Hawaiian goose [5] Endemic tree: ʻŌhiʻa lehua Metrosideros polymorpha [6] Fish: Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa Rhinecanthus rectangulus: Also known as the reef triggerfish [7] Flower: Pua aloalo or maʻo hau hele Hibiscus brackenridgei A. Gray Also known as ...
Pages in category "Symbols of Hawaii" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The current official Hawaiian alphabet consists of 13 letters: five vowels (A a, E e, I i, O o, and U u) and eight consonants (H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, and ʻ). [2] Alphabetic order differs from the normal Latin order in that the vowels come first, then the consonants.
The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability. Today, among the various Polynesian countries, the word ama is often used together with the word vaka (Cook Islands) or waka or va'a (Samoa Islands, Tahiti), cognate words in various Polynesian languages to describe a canoe.
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, meaning "Hawaiian language." In many fonts, the symbol for the ʻokina looks identical to the symbol for the curved single opening quotation mark. In others (like Linux Libertine) it is a slightly different size, either larger or smaller, as seen in the adjacent image.
Hawaiian has only eight consonant phonemes: /p, k ⁓ t, ʔ, h, m, n, l ⁓ ɾ, w ⁓ v/. There is allophonic variation of [k] with [t], [w] with [v], and [l] with [ɾ]. The [t] – [k] variation is highly unusual among the world's languages. Hawaiian has either 5 or 25 vowel phonemes, depending on how long vowels and diphthongs are analyzed ...
Kahakō is the Hawaiian term for the macron, a short line added above a vowel letter to indicate that it represents a long vowel: (Ā ā, Ē ē, Ī ī, Ō ō, Ū ū) The ʻokina ( ʻ) is an apostrophe-like letter indicating the glottal stop, which is a consonant in the Hawaiian language. [2] Discussion may be needed to determine a consensus on ...
The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.