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what is your Hawaiian Name?
| 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

Ashley Nicole-Akalei Nikole
My dh's Hawaiian name is:
Thomas Stephen-Koma Kepano
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