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Re: Teach Yourself Kamakawi

From:Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
Date:Saturday, March 2, 2002, 1:55
Siyo!
In Kayasanoda I have "kama" but not "kawi" yet.  The
closest I have is "kawo".  "Kamakawo" means "butterfly
shoulder".

Dana
Clint

--- "M.S. Soderquist" <all4thebetter@...> wrote:
> Your lessons were entertaining to read. :) I > enjoyed it. > > I just had to go look up what "kamakawi" would mean > in ea-luna (my "main" > language project) and it turned out, against all > odds, that "kama" and > "kawi" haven't had meaning assigned to them yet. If > I divide it up as > ka-maka-wi, I see that "ka" doesn't have an assigned > meaning either, but > "maka-wi" means "news meanings" -- presumably a word > that would have > something to do with interpreting news. (I know it > is silly, but when I see > words that fit into ea-luna, I am always curious > about what they mean.) > > Mia > > At 04:11 AM 2/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Yes, I made good on that suggestion. ;) > >I've written the first three parts (part 0-2) of > "Teach Yourself > >Kamakawi", with more to follow. I had a time of > it, seeing as the darn > >template doesn't seem to recognize the "tab" > feature or spaces at the > >beginning of a sentence. Hence, there's no > indention (indenture?), and no > >neat format. Nevertheless, it's up, and it should > be fun. Here she is: > > > >http://hometown.aol.com/digitalscream/myhomepage/writing.html > > > >Take a look; it'll change your life.* > > > >-David > > > >*Not a guarantee > > > >
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