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Ua pili anei ka make i ka makemake?

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Tea Stone, 12, of Halau Ku Mana public charter school, holds a Hawaiian flag along King Street during a rally support of the Hawaiian language, January 26. English translation of Hawaiian words can offer false equivalencies that alter their intended meanings.

Synopsis: English glosses of Hawaiian words can offer false equivalencies that effectively alter their intended meanings. Translation will ultimately supplant traditional Hawaiian worldviews through the perversion of meaning.

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Aloha mai nö käkou e nä hoa e æimi nowelo nei i ia mea he naæauao. I loko nö o ka nui o ka paæu æana i ka noiæi, a me ka nui hoæi o ka noiæi a ka poæe o ka wä i hala no ka manaæo o nä hua o kä käkou æölelo Hawaiæi, ua mau nö ke æano pohihihi o ia mau hua a hiki i këia lä. A æoiai käkou e hoæöla hou nei i ka æölelo o ka æäina i æane hala loa aæela me ke au o ka manawa, i hewa hoæi ia loli æana iä wai? Noæu iho, ua pöwehiwehi ko käkou æikena i këia au ma muli o ka paæa o ka namu haole, ka mea e hühewa ai ka noæonoæo, a ‘auana wale aku ai hoæi i ka nähelehele.

æEä, æaæole au e hoæohalahala nei i ka æölelo haole. He æölelo wale nö ia. Aia iä käkou ka hahai, a me ka æole, i kona ala e kakaæi aku ai. A i këia wä a käkou e hoæöla nei i ka æölelo makuahine, ke koho wale nei nö i ke ala i kïpapa æia mai e ka namu haole. æO ka nui loa o nä huaæölelo hou e haku æia nei, ua haku æia ma muli o ko läkou höæike æana i kahi manaæo hou, he manaæo i halihali æia mai e ke au malihini. æAæole nö paha e hiki ke alo aæe i ia hopena. He hana i kuluma iä käkou ke kuhikuhi æana i kekahi manaæo ma o ka hoæopuka æana i kekahi hua näna e kuhikuhi mai i ia manaæo. He mea kanaka ia.

æO ka mea naæe e akahele ai, æo ia ka hulikua æana i ka manaæo kahiko i ala e kuhi ai i kahi manaæo malihini. Aia nö ka pono o ka æölelo Hawaiæi a mälama æia kona æano küæokoæa. Inä e hele auaneæi a like a like ka “pua” me ka “flower”, e nalo ke kumu e mälama kaæawale ai i nä æölelo æelua. A inä e hoæopuka æia ka manaæo haole ma o ka æölelo Hawaiæi, pehea lä e kapa æia ai æölelo Hawaiæi?

E nänä paha käkou i nä hua æelua, æo “make” läua me “makemake”. Inä e unuhi æia mai läua ma ka æölelo haole (æo “dead” a me “want”), kohu mea lä, he mau hua æokoæa ia. Eia naæe, ua akäka ka pilina o këia mau huaæölelo Hawaiæi ke nänä æia ka pela æana, a ke hoæolohe paha i ka puana æana. æAæole naæe pëlä ko läua mau hoapili ma ka æölelo haole. A he pili nö ka make i ka makemake. Eia naæe, wahi a Elbert läua me Pukui, ua hapa mai ke koæikoæi o ka hua i hoæopalulua æia, æo makemake. Wahi a läua, æo kekahi o nä hopena o ka hoæopalulua æia, æo ia ka hapa æana mai o ka koæikoæi.

A no laila, he kuhihewa ka hoæopili æana i këia mau huaæölelo Hawaiæi i ia mau manaæo haole. Me he mea lä, hoæokahi manaæo æano laulä o ia mau hua Hawaiæi, a æaæole nö i like a like me ka manaæo o nä hoapili haole. æO kekahi manaæo o “makemake”, æo ka häæule æana ia ma ke kaua. æAæole nö paha ia he make loa. A æo ia häæule æana ma ke kaua a ma ke kaua kio paha, æo ia kekahi manaæo o “make”. Eia hou, æo ka mäæule æana o ke kino, æo ia kekahi manaæo o “make”, æaæole i like me ka make loa. æEä, e ka makamaka heluhelu, nui hou aku nä huaæölelo Hawaiæi i küpono æole ka hoæopili æana i ko läkou manaæo i ka manaæo o nä hoa pili ma ka æölelo haole. E mälama käkou i ka manaæo Hawaiæi o nä huaæölelo Hawaiæi o pau loa auaneæi.


E ho‘ouna ‘ia mai na ä leka iä mäua, ‘o ia ho‘i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:

>> kwong@hawaii.edu

>> rsolis@hawaii.edu

a i ‘ole ia, ma ke kelepona:

>> 956-2627 (Laiana)

>> 956-2627 (Kekeha)

This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa.


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