Ke hoʻomau nei ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!
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Word Family Friday
Word Family: "Hawaiʻi"
(and also "Arikinui", the new Māori Arikinui was crowned yesterday)
Dr. Taumoefolau makes an intriguing argument: that N.Polynesian *sawaiki: "traditional homeland"—whence "Hawaii"—may be a cognate of *sau ʔariki borrowed from the Tongic branch
www.aidanem.com/word-family-...
(and also "Arikinui", the new Māori Arikinui was crowned yesterday)
Dr. Taumoefolau makes an intriguing argument: that N.Polynesian *sawaiki: "traditional homeland"—whence "Hawaii"—may be a cognate of *sau ʔariki borrowed from the Tongic branch
www.aidanem.com/word-family-...
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