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AbsolutChaos
March 15th, 2008, 09:29 PM
Some help here, please...

Could somebody tell me how to say "delicate flower" in Hawaiian?

Thanks!
scrivener
March 15th, 2008, 10:02 PM
Doesn't "pua`i manao" mean "delicate flower?"
zztype
March 15th, 2008, 10:33 PM
Some help here, please...

Could somebody tell me how to say "delicate flower" in Hawaiian?

Thanks!

Pua Lahilahi is likely. But if Pua'i Mana'o signs on, she can tell you for sure.

Blaine
Lei K
March 16th, 2008, 08:38 AM
Doesn't "pua`i manao" mean "delicate flower?"

"Pua'i Mana'o" = u'i HT poster to me. :D

Actually it also means someone who get a lot on their mind and like talk about it, but that's my mana'o. Jus' happy Tita Pua'i shares her mana'o.
akrauth
March 21st, 2008, 04:12 PM
E Pua'i, 'auhea wale ana 'oe?
akrauth
March 21st, 2008, 04:14 PM
Until she reads this, how about this?

"Pua" (flower) would always come first because a noun comes before an adjective in 'olelo, unlike English.

Could you possibly replace "delicate" with "beautiful?" The two most common words you'll hear for "beautiful" are "nani" and "u'i."
achow
March 28th, 2008, 03:11 PM
I would have to say Pua Lahilahi for sure.
68-eldo
March 28th, 2008, 08:47 PM
Look it up (http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict):)
Pua'i Mana'o
March 31st, 2008, 10:59 PM
wow; I didn't see this thread.

Aloha gang!

Pua lahilahi works, but more importantly, what is the context of this delicate flower?
zztype
March 31st, 2008, 11:01 PM
Pua lahilahi works, but more importantly, what is the context of this delicate flower?

Bwahahahahaha! The kaona kills! Hahahaha!
AbsolutChaos
April 3rd, 2008, 03:59 PM
wow; I didn't see this thread.

Aloha gang!

Pua lahilahi works, but more importantly, what is the context of this delicate flower?

Delayed reaction here...a little back story: we've got an individual at work who is a real "guy's guy," tall, strapping, big into sports, video games, working out, your typical stereotypical guy. The only thing is that he requires 10 hrs of sleep a night. On the rare occasions he has been forced to work all night, by morning he looks like he just spent a week at Guantanamo Bay--I mean he just looks horrible in comparison to any of the rest of us if we are in the same boat. Out of this situation arose a conversation in which someone I work with wanted to nickname this guy "delicate flower" in Hawaiian as a joke. That's pretty much it.
cyleet99
April 3rd, 2008, 04:46 PM
I can see it now....business polo shirt with big emblem of your workplace on the pocket, and "Pua lahilahi" embroidered over the pocket.
"No, no, that one was made especially for you, brah." :p
akrauth
April 13th, 2008, 11:59 AM
Can people do this in Hawaiian thinking or do they take everything literally?
Pua'i Mana'o
April 13th, 2008, 12:17 PM
Delayed reaction here...a little back story: we've got an individual at work who is a real "guy's guy," tall, strapping, big into sports, video games, working out, your typical stereotypical guy. The only thing is that he requires 10 hrs of sleep a night. On the rare occasions he has been forced to work all night, by morning he looks like he just spent a week at Guantanamo Bay--I mean he just looks horrible in comparison to any of the rest of us if we are in the same boat. Out of this situation arose a conversation in which someone I work with wanted to nickname this guy "delicate flower" in Hawaiian as a joke. That's pretty much it.

Gotcha… big, gorgeous tree, lovely virile fruits…but his stump is mostly water, hence his delicate sensibilities, requiring that his soil is just so-so, or he can be cut down so easily.

He isn't a delicate flower. He is a banana tree.

Mr Maiʻa for you.