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  • #16
    Re: Big Island; politically incorrect term?

    Originally posted by 'i'iwipolena View Post
    Breaking a word apart to deduce meaning does not always work. For example, the word ʻāʻī means neck. ʻĀ means to burn, and ʻī can mean supreme. Does the term ʻāʻī, then, stem from a supreme burning? There is no evidence verifying this. It would be more likely that the term is not derived from a combination of these two root words. The same could be said for determining the meaning of the term Hawaiʻi.
    True.
    Proto-Polynesian and it's derivative language is not what linguists call an "aglutinizing" language, that is, the sum is not a measure of its parts. Each word stands alone.
    My fault for not stating this.
    Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
    ~ ~
    Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
    Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
    Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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    • #17
      Re: Big Island; politically incorrect term?

      Originally posted by Kaonohi View Post
      True.
      Proto-Polynesian and it's derivative language is not what linguists call an "aglutinizing" language, that is, the sum is not a measure of its parts. Each word stands alone.
      My fault for not stating this.
      In Protopolynesian;

      Hawaiki
      Hawai`iki
      Hava Iki
      Havaiti

      And many more I have forgotten.
      Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
      ~ ~
      Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
      Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
      Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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      • #18
        Re: Big Island; politically incorrect term?

        The ability to translate languages in ones head is a valuable talent.

        In Canada a province called Quebec speaks a time encapsulated version

        of the French language.

        In Iceland the local Norse tongue is a living, thriving portion of the past.

        Reminds one of the Bottle city of Kandor.

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