Wishing Aunty a happy birthday.
Were it not for her, I would not be doing this blog…
Hauʻoli lā hānau!
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The grand celebration of the 64th birthday of Princess Ruta Keelikolani Keanolani Kanahoahoa Muolaulani Keikiheleloa Keanohalia Kaleonahenahe Kohalikolani at her newly completed Keoua Hale, 1882.
Birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Ruth Keelikolani.
Her Royal Highness Princess Ruth Keelikolani celebrated, on Thursday last, her sixty-fourth birthday by a luau, or banquet in native Hawaiian fashion, given at H. R. H.’s new mansion in Emma-street, followed on the evening of Friday by a Reception and Ball. The occasion was indeed adopted for the “house-warming” the handsome and beautifully decorated house being only just ready for occupation. The event has been long talked of, and looked forward to, and has been the chief topic of conversation during the past week, almost to the exclusion of all others, causing the exciting events of the previous week to fall quite into the background.
The Mansion which was the scene of these festivities is situated on the land known as Kaakopua, which has a long frontage to the Ewa side of Emma-Street. It is a handsome structure of two main stories, on a high basement with an attic story and turret above. On the main floor on the mauka side of the house, are two drawing rooms which communicate with one another by a wide arch. Continue reading
Anapuni, land of John Papa Ii, to be sold, 1879.
GUARDIAN’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
HAVING BEEN DULY LICENSED BY Hon. L. McCully, Justice of the Supreme Court, to sell the Real Estate hereinafter described, the property of my ward, Miss Irene H. Ii, a minor; Continue reading
Irene Haalou Kahalelaukoa Ii purchases Hanaloa fishpond at auction, 1879.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Accrued to Irene Haalou Kahalelaukoa Ii is the fishpond of “Hanaloa” and the associated lands at Waipio, Ewa; and that area is restricted, and Sam. Kiaha is the caretaker. A. F. Judd, Guardian of Irene.
Honolulu, Sept. 9, 1878.
(Kuokoa, 4/26/1879, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XVIII, Helu 17, Aoao 3. Aperila 26, 1879.
Hanaloa Fishpond up for auction, 1878.
AUCTION & SALES
BY E. P. ADAMS.
This Day.
FISH POND AT EWA!
On Saturday, Aug. 31, 1878
at 12 o’clock noon, at salesroom,
BY ORDER of REV. S. E. BISHOP
Will be offered at Public Auction,
The well known Fish Pond
“HANALOA,” Continue reading
Unexpected language questions from so long ago, 1867.
Some Questions.
O Friends of the Kuokoa; Aloha no:
May it please you, O Mr. Editor, to insert in an open pace of our columns, these questions, so that those who understand our Hawaiian language will see; and these are they:
- What is the nature of the word “Kuauhau?”
- What is the nature of the word “Mamo?”
- What is the nature of the word “Hoka?”
A name song for Miss Pale Kaululehua, 1880.
HE MELE INOA NO MISS PALE KAULULEHUA.
Aia i Kahiki ko lei ahi
Ka alohi ka anapa ka’u i ike
Ua like a like me ka anohi
Ka wahine i ka lihilihi o ka la
Nana i kaupono mai ka moana
Na pe’a kapu o Kealohilani
O ka hulu o ka manu ka’u i ike
Ka hehina wawae o Halulu
A he manu kaulana no ke ao nei
Na kihi poohiwi o ka malama
Ke malama nei au i ko aloha
Ka ukana maewa hoi a ke kino
Haina ka pua i ona i ka manu
O Pale ka wahine laka i ke ahi. Continue reading
Because February shouldn’t be the only Hawaiian Language month… 1948.
Ka makahiki a puni!
THE MOTHER TONGUE
We frequently speak to our dear readers about our Mother tongue, not about our teaching them the Hawaiian language, but that the light of our beloved language from our forefathers is being extinguished.
Being that this is a new era, and we see and realize that there is a drastic reduction in the number of our generations capable in our mother tongue. There are many of our youths these days who have no knowledge of our language, but when you listen to them singing, they sing Hawaiian songs. Sometimes when our children speak Hawaiian, their production of the language is so strange, and sometimes our naau [gut, heart] aches at their mispronunciation of words.
There are many Hawaiian songs sung with incorrect pronunciation. Our children are neglecting trying to acquire knowledge and proficiency in speaking the mother tongue. Look at the other ethnicities like the Filipinos and…
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A lei for Liliuokalani composed by Mrs. Nahaukapu, 1894.
He Lei No Liliuokalani
He lei he wehi nou e Kalani
O Liliu i ka walu o na lani
Aia i Hawaii ko lei alii
Ka onohi kaimana o ke aupuni
Mai puni oe i ka mali a ka u’a
A ka ili puakea o Maleka
Huli mai ko alo kapu e Kalani
E aloha i ke kupa o ka aina
Aia i ka poho o ko lima
Ke ola o ka lahui Hawaii
Ua ike Makalii me Kaelo
Ua lohe ka uwila ka pae opua
A he pua o Kalani aia iluna
Ke kiekie no i Halealii
Haina ka wohi nona ka lei
O Liliu i ka walu o na lani. Continue reading
Let’s move forward, and not backward. 1897.
[Found under: “KE ALEALE NEI KA WAI.”]
All the while the circle of annexationists are reviling the Asians, they majority of them are employing those people as servants. How are you being deceived of the truth of their desires, O United States of America? What hypocrites!
(Makaainana, 2/8/1897, p. 4)
Ka Makaainana, Buke VII—-Ano Hou, Helu 6, Aoao 4. Feberuari 8, 1897.
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