Hawaiian Language

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Julia Flynn Siler, How to Pronounce Lili'uokalani? Ask Marvin Nogelmeier:  
Man From Minnesota Teaches Hawaiians a Thing or Two About Their Own Language
. Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704652104575494344196721252.html

Note:
(a) Waikiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikiki
(Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline
fronting Waikiki./section 1 Etymology: The name means spouting fresh water
in the Hawaiian language, for springs and streams that fed wetlands that
once separated Waikīkī from the interior.)
(b) Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_K%C5%ABhi%C5%8D_Kalaniana%27ole
(Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi (1871–1922) was a
prince of the reigning House of Kalākaua when the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
was overthrown by international businessmen in 1893)

He is not Lili'uokalani's son. See section 2 Prince of the Kalākaua Dynasty
.
(c) Lili'uokalani (1838-1917).
(d) ʻIolani Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBIolani_Palace
(During [king] Kamehameha V's reign it was changed to ʻIolani Palace,
after his brother Kamehameha IV's given names (his full name was Alexander
Liholiho Keawenui ʻIolani). It literally means "royal hawk.")
(e) Marvin is a variant of Mervyn.
(f) Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song. Wikipedia.
(g) Oahu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu
(the term Oʻahu has no confirmed meaning in Hawaiian)
(h) Ka'iulani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%27iulani
(1875–1899; was heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and held
the title of crown princess)
(i) ukulele
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukelele
(The ukulele is commonly associated with music from Hawai‘i where the name
roughly translates as "jumping flea", perhaps due to the action of one's
fingers playing the ukulele resembling a "jumping flea". )


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