THE LANGUAGE OF HAWAII. 
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The literal translation is the woman of Keawe, but whether 
she bears the relation of wife or servant is indicated by the 
choice of prepositions. By the mere change of one sound in 
the sentence a husband may imply volumes of meaning. 
A refers to an oven for you to cook with; o to an oven for 
you to be cooked in. In New Zealand they say— 
he hangi mau; to cook with; but 
he hangi mou; to be cooked in. 
This introduction of a particle to completely change the 
meaning is common in some of the Romance languages. 
Take the example in Spanish: 
Mi hermano quiere una criada; and— 
Mi hermano quiere a una criada. 
The first means that my brother wants a maid servant; 
the second, that he loves one. 
j Forms Similar to the French. —A striking similarity to the « 
French exists where the noun is inserted between the two 
parts of the pronoun— e. g.: 
ua moku nei = ce navire-ci = this ship; 
ua moku la — ce navire-14 = that ship; 
ua nei being here a strong demonstrative. 
Note also the resemblance between 
keia and kela —meaning this and that—and 
ceci and cela. 
The idea of everything would be expressed in Kanaka by 
that thing, this thing, kala mea keia mea. 
In this phrase we see again the lack of generalizing power 
of the Polynesians. 
The Hawaiian is one type of the agglutinated languages. 
The combination of the article with a proper name forms a 
new compound, in which, however, the original signification 
of the article is lost. The names of two of Hawaii’s famous 
queens may be cited as examples. 
Kapiolani means the heavenly prisoner; Liliuokalani is 
the lily of heaven. 
