Talk:Hawaii

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Wikiproject

Aloha from Chicago! Keith Higa instituted the WikiProject Hawaii homepage for us on Wikipedia. WikiProject Hawaii is a collection of pages devoted to the management of all Hawaii-related articles. It is meant to be a resource for all editors of Hawaii-related articles on various issues. For example, it will be the home of a standardized guideline of language conventions compiled into a manual of style. You can also list specific article building needs — infoboxes, templates, article requests and image requests. WikiProject Hawaii is meant to be the ultimate Wikipedia laboratory and resource center on Hawaii-related subjects. Please utilize it and make it your home! Malama pono! —Gerald Farinas 11:18, 11 Jun 2005 (CDT)

State symbols gallery

Does anyone know the Hawaiian language name of the Humpback Whale found in the state symbols picture gallery on the article? It would be nice to have that listed. On a related note for my article on the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, what is the Hawaiian language equivalent of the word cathedral? I used to know it but it has escaped me. The cathedral is often called by Hawaiians as Malia o ka Malu Hale Pule but its official name uses the Hawaiian word for cathedral not hale pule which means church. Anyhoo, thanks! —Gerald Farinas 22:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ooh! Never mind. I found it. The word for cathedral is hale pule nui. The humpback whale is called kohola kuapio. I stumbled on a great new Hawaiian Dictionary online published by the Native Hawaiian Library of Alu Like and the Hale Kuamoo Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. It has new Hawaiian words formulated by the Komike Huaolelo Hawaiian Lexicon Committee for modern Hawaiian language usage. I added the link to the WikiProject Hawaii homepage as a resource. —Gerald Farinas 05:06, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pronunication MP3?

Y'know, could someone with a clue (I'm clueless) put up an MP3 of just how one pronounces Hawai`i with the `okhina? As a mainlander, I'll admit that if there's a reason I don't use the `okhina'd spelling, it's because I have no idea how to pronounce it. --Penta 18:23, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm... that is an excellent idea! Unfortunately I don't have the means to do it at the moment. --Gerald Farinas 18:26, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that is a good idea and could be made a part of the article 'Okina where, by the way, pronunciation is described. The ‘okina is an "unsounded" consonent described as a glottal stop. English speakers may never have heard of this, but it is certainly not unique to Hawaiian. It is hard to describe how to do, but pretty obvious once you hear it - Marshman 17:22, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It can't be an mp3. Wikipedia will only host ogg files, like the way Hawaii ponoi and Hawaii Aloha media files have been formated. --Gerald Farinas 19:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've seen seen the 'okina explained by reference to English Cockney dialect, where a consonant is often replaced by a glottal stop. Bottle, frex, becomes bo'el, battle becomes ba'el. English-speakers will often have heard Cockney in English movies. Or is this explanation too recondite for today's MTV-watching audiences? Gosh I sound like an old fut <g> Zora 19:40, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)