May 26, 2010
Translating Hawaiian Words
During our dream trip here to Maui, I’ve been learning some of the local language:
Big Beach
Translation: Huge beach; clothing mandatory.
Little Beach
Translation: Small beach; clothing optional.
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
Translation: Beautiful fish with the snout of a pig.
Marie de Haan (Malia)
Translation: Grown woman keeping bathing suit on with the heart of a big fat chicken.
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You make me laugh.
What does “Ken” translate as?—“Just think, honey, no tan lines!”? ;-)
Hah! You guys both make me laugh.
Sounds like you two are having a blast…you are coming back, aren’t you?
‘ā, ‘ē, ‘ī, ‘ō, ‘ū, hē, kē, lā, mū, nū, pī, wē, ‘okina. Any questions?
Debbie,
I just looked up Kenneth’s name in Hawaiian and according to Google (therefore, it must be true), his name means “Keneke.”
I’m not sure Keneke was thinking about tan lines at the time. All I know is that we were smack dab behind a man that was very, very confident in his yoga poses…. yuck. We left pretty quickly after that.
Have you ever been to Maui?
-Marie
Abel,
We try, on occasion, to be witty and wise.
Have you been to Maui before? I know you’re witty and wise.
-Marie
Tami,
If it was up to Ken, we would move there. While I don’t mind visiting, living there would be too much.
Wow. I’ve turned into a vacation snob.
-Marie
F,
I have all kinds of questions! :)
-Marie