Shaka Doug
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Aloha,
I've been wondering about the spelling for this forum name for a while now. It appears that the correct name would be Hawaii 'Ohana, not Hawaii O'Hana ("of Hana"). 'Ohana means "Family".
From Wikipedia: Part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. The term is cognate with (and its usage is similar to) the New Zealand Māori term whānau.
In actual Hawaiian culture the term ʻohana is strictly used for blood relations. Non-familial groupings always instead use the word "hui".
In Hawaiian, the word is ʻohana with the leading inverted apostrophe (ʻ indicating a glottal stop or okina.
The root word ʻohā refers to the root or corm of the kalo, or taro plant (the staple "staff of life" in Hawaii), which Kanaka Maoli consider to be their cosmological ancestor.
In contemporary Hawaiian economic and regulatory practice, an "ʻohana unit" is a part of a house or a separate structure on the same lot that may contain a relative but which may not be rented to the general public.[1]
Maybe a Mod can take care of this for us.
Thanks....(that's your complimentary Hawaiian language lesson for the week!) Have a great dive day!
I've been wondering about the spelling for this forum name for a while now. It appears that the correct name would be Hawaii 'Ohana, not Hawaii O'Hana ("of Hana"). 'Ohana means "Family".
From Wikipedia: Part of Hawaiian culture, ʻohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. The term is cognate with (and its usage is similar to) the New Zealand Māori term whānau.
In actual Hawaiian culture the term ʻohana is strictly used for blood relations. Non-familial groupings always instead use the word "hui".
In Hawaiian, the word is ʻohana with the leading inverted apostrophe (ʻ indicating a glottal stop or okina.
The root word ʻohā refers to the root or corm of the kalo, or taro plant (the staple "staff of life" in Hawaii), which Kanaka Maoli consider to be their cosmological ancestor.
In contemporary Hawaiian economic and regulatory practice, an "ʻohana unit" is a part of a house or a separate structure on the same lot that may contain a relative but which may not be rented to the general public.[1]
Maybe a Mod can take care of this for us.
Thanks....(that's your complimentary Hawaiian language lesson for the week!) Have a great dive day!