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Words In Hawaian
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Poster: ringdove Subject: words in hawaian |
Posted on 8/29/02 at 7:56am |
| I have a soprano ukulele Aloha Royal. It has the following inscription: UA MANKE AINA IKA PONO (I think it must be hawaian) Anybody knows the meaning of this words? Thanks |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@nidlink.com Subject: Hawaiian words on uke |
Posted on 9/8/02 at 7:11pm |
| Could it be "Ua mau ke aina i ka pono"? It resembles the state motto of Hawaii, which is "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" which is translated "The land will dwell in righteousness forever" or something like that. I would guess the saying on your uke would means something like "the land will be forever in righteousness." Anyone else know more? Jesse |
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Poster: Keiki 'o kalani Email: ibaybeegyrl@aol.com Subject: |
Posted on 7/13/03 at 3:33am |
| actually..."ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" and it means "the life of the land is perpetuated through righteousness" |
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Poster: Lorenz Pogue Email: denumox@hotmail.com Subject: ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono |
Posted on 10/12/03 at 10:49pm |
"ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono" is usually followed by the words "O Hawai'i" or just "Hawaii" and it means "the life/sovereignty of the land is perpetuated through/by righteousness of/in Hawai'i". This is as per the original meaning (Hawaiian words often mean more than one thing). This meaning is being resurrected or reaffirmed, in view of the rediscovered stolen sovereignty of the Hawaiian lands from the Hawaiian peoples and their nobility. Who, it should be noted, had been recognized as a sovereign nation by Britain, France, and America {in fact the world) when this motto was adopted. Fifty years later a bunch of American businessmen and corrupt politicians literally and extremely illegally stole the land at gun-point from its rightful owners. If your uke says "UA MANKE AINA IKA PONO", it is trash, probably not made in HI. Like saying "Eplur bus I'm numb". JMHO - Lore |
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Poster: Richard Kapuaala Email: kahuna@kahunanui.com Subject: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono |
Posted on 7/17/04 at 11:27pm |
These words were originally uttered by Kamehameha III after England returned ceded lands back to the King that were unlawfully taken by some noble man. It later became the moto of the kingdom and then the state. I imagine that Kamehameha meant to say "The soverignty of the land is preserved in the righteous of Hawaii. The whole sentence was I recall was "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono o Hawai'i". Ua mau ke ea (To preseve soverignty) o (of) ka aina (the land) i (in) ka pono (The righteous) But like the previous poster remarked, you can interprett this a lot of different ways if taken out of context. |
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Poster: Tom Hinz Email: mtnmeadow98@earthlink.net Subject: Hawaiian Translation |
Posted on 10/22/04 at 7:49am |
Since visiting Oahu last summer, I have wondered what the state motto "meant" in english...thank you to all posted above who have clarified that. Can anyone recommend a good web-based hawaiian dictionary? Mahalo nui! |
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Poster: Keola Donaghy Email: keola@nahenahe.net Subject: Hawaiian Dictionaries Online |
Posted on 11/17/04 at 8:13am |
Four are searchable (simultenously or separately) at: http://www.wehewehe.org/ |
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Poster: Aldente VonTino Email: b_cronket@hotmail.com Subject: Hawaiian Dictionaries Online |
Posted on 7/1/05 at 3:41am |
| http://wehewehe.org/ is superb! Also try: http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/dictionary.html http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/names.html http://www.hisurf.com/learn.html If you're really curious, look at these: http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/hltableofcontents.html http://ksdl.ksbe.edu/kulaiwi/index.html I myself JUST started learning,a nd it is REALLY kewl there are others interested! (BTW, Bruddah Iz Rox! http://www.mele.com/Farewell/autob.htm) |
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Poster: Sabrina Email: caliegrill@yahoo.com Subject: loving sayings |
Posted on 9/22/05 at 6:30am |
I just started a relationship with a hawaiian.He says the most beautiful things to me.I want to learn some nice things to say back.Its his birthday and i want to suprise him with some beautiful saying. |
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Poster: joe Email: the-cne@worldnet.att.net Subject: Hawaiian people |
Posted on 9/22/05 at 5:18pm |
Living in the islands, I have discovered some of the most gracious people that I have ever known. The Hawaiian people, as a whole, are morally and ethically above most along my travels (including myself). There is a small handful though who are trying to claim unresolved sovereignty issues and trying to incite the masses. In Hawaiian history, Kamehameha I (the Great) completed the unification of the islands around 1810 and the monarchy held for only 83 years until it was wrongly overthrown in 1893 by the US. The handful's claims are based on this 83 year old nation. The largest flaw in their argument is that prior to "the consolidation” and for hundreds of years, the islands were all ruled by individual sovereigns as independent nations. For example, these handful of dissidents fail to discuss the sovereign nation of Oahu and how Kamehameha ruthlessly slaughtered and stole the island of Oahu from the indigenous people without thought to reparations and sovereignty! Do we now hold those that claim to be "post massacre" Hawaiian responsible for the annihilation of the peaceful people of the sovereign nation of Oahu? One doesn't hear much from the descendants of the native people of Oahu who had their land stolen after hundreds of years and their lives shortened in a very cruel and inhumane manner (forced to jump off the Pali cliffs to their deaths). The key to remember (I think) is that for the handful of dissidents, 1893 was the first time they were on the losing side. The US overthrow was unethical and underhanded by admission, and I do concur. It pales greatly however in comparison to the prior overthrow by the ancestors of this handful. "a mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono O Hawai'i" -for and by, all. Including O'ahu and Mau'i! |
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Poster: Martin Email: mr.tin@cbox.cz Subject: textbooks |
Posted on 11/2/06 at 11:08pm |
Hey mates, can you recommend a good (or at least any) textbook of Hawaian? Preferably available via internet. I live in the Czech republic and there is a realy huge deficiency of such sources in here. :-) Cheers, Martin |
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Poster: www.nativehawaiiangear.com Email: craig@nativehawaiiangear.com Subject: |
Posted on 6/3/07 at 11:23pm |
Un Manke Eaoka Aina Ika Pono" ...Which, in simple translation means" Make sure you grass skirt is not on backwards, or they see more than the hula" |
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