I bought the best book this last weekend. It's a 1948 book named "All About Hawaii" and it really is 'all about Hawaii'. It covers agriculture crop percentages, origins of the natives, history of each early boat arrival on the islands, early studies of the language, and more. Being from 1948 the history is fresh with detailed and early analysis of the language and native origins are way off. Quite amusing to read.
The American scientists came to the conclusion that Hawaiians were originally Caucasians who left on a sea voyage from near India, mating with 'primitive' brown people on the way: Asians and Malayans. By the time they got to the islands they were brown. Haha. To this day it hasn't been officially deduced where the original islanders derived from originally but its safe to say that this book is very off in claiming Caucasian origin. Hey, science still isnt and exact science.
Here is a word lesson from my mom:
Ohana -- family, relative, or to be related, whether it’s a small ´ohana or an extended one
keiki -- child, youngster, offspring, or descendant; it can also refer to the offshoot of a plant.
hanai -- -- has two very important meanings: to feed or raise and to foster or adopt
Honolulu -- Honolulu is a place name made up of two words "hono" which means "bay" and "lulu" which means "shelter, calm, or peaceful"; Honolulu means "sheltered bay"
ali'i -- is a very common Hawaiian word and it means "chief" or "chiefess."
ukulele -- (pronounced oo-koo-lay-lee not "yookoo" as most say it) means "jumping flea" and is the name of a uniquely Hawaiian instrument, developed here in Hawai'i, based on the Portuguese braginha.
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