what is your Hawaiian Name?

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Registered: 10-05-2004
what is your Hawaiian Name?
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Mon, 11-01-2004 - 1:47pm
alohafriends.com/names_i-p.html

kinda fun looking. :) ready for a luau?


Candace - Kanakake

Candy - Kanake



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




Edited 11/1/2004 7:13 pm ET ET by candycandace

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Registered: 02-11-2004
Mon, 11-01-2004 - 6:49pm
My Hawaiian name is:

Ashley Nicole-Akalei Nikole



My dh's Hawaiian name is:

Thomas Stephen-Koma Kepano

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Registered: 10-05-2004
Sat, 11-06-2004 - 2:02am
that is so neat. like both names of yours in Hawaiian. thanks for sharing.
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Registered: 11-04-2003
Sat, 11-06-2004 - 7:33am
Mine is

Devin - Kewine (the "W" is pronounced the same as "V" )

Elisabeth - Elikapeki

Kenneth - Keneke

James - Kimo

Josephine - Iokepine

Rosamel doesn't translate

Leo - Lio

Sebastian – Kepakiano

Simon – Kimona

Ambrose doesn't translate either.


and the closest we can get to our surname is

Macenzie - Makenikie