Thread:Nuicakes/@comment-26384327-20160118212018/@comment-26430525-20160119201706

Hmm, Hawaiian can be tough to translate. Considering she's a spiritual leader they could've meant something like she's multifaceted? Or reflective like a prism? Or possibly, even a disco ball.

Reading is easier for me since a lot is based on the 'okina for emphasis and many words can be a verb, noun or adjective depending on sentence structure.


 * Pua = flower. Puaʻa = pig.

Most of the time a Hawaiian kahuna will give you a name. I decided not to have a naming from my hula teacher because I was afraid she'd give me something like smartass.

Other times the names are just translations. Obama's daughter Malia = Mary.

Poe Dameron, the pilot in the new Star Wars movie is named after a young girl's stuffed panda bear ... who is Po, the panda in Kung Fu Panda!