English to Hawaiian Translations

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English to Hawaiian Translations
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Find out what your name is in Hawaiian!

We feature over 4,000 phonetic Hawaiian name translations.

http://www.alohafriends.com/names.html


Edited 11/1/2004 2:39 pm ET ET by candycandace

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HOW TO PRONOUNCE HAWAIIAN WORDS

Although Hawaiian words may look challenging to pronounced they're typically easy to say if you sound out the word by each syllable. The Hawaiian language utilizes the 5 vowels a,e,i,o,u and the 7 consonants h,k,l,m,n,p,w. Please note that sometimes the "W" is pronounced the same as "V" as in Hawai'i.

Sample word: Kepenekela

Sounded out: Ke-pe-ne-ke-la

Stressed vowels

a - ah, as in car: aloha

e - a, as in may: nene

i - ee, as in bee: honi

o - oh, as in so: mahalo

u - oo, as in spoon: kapu

Unstressed vowels

a - a, as in about: ali`i

e - eh, as in met: kane


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