Re: Tekem, the language (aka deriving verbs from nouns)

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:44:25PM -0400, David Peterson wrote:
>     Ah, I'm learning Hawaiian right now.  And though it has twelve letters,
> it actually has all of the following sounds:
>
> k p w v A e i o u E a(schwa-type sound) l h n j ? m
>
>     Oh, and by the way.  I've come to the conclusion that Hawaiian is the
> greatest and most perfect language in all the world for all time, ever, ever,
> ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, without excpetion.  Aloha ea!
Hey, on a slightly related note, I've been wondering for quite a while how
the word Hawaii is actually pronounced in Hawaiian. I keep seeing it spelled
(more and more) <Hawai'i>, which makes me wonder if there's a /?/ between
the two /i/s but not between the /a/ and /i/. Also, I often hear it as
/hA"wA?i/, which annoys me a bit because I think both /i/s are supposed to
be pronounced. But that's just hearsay on my part.

--
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo

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