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chine, or ee in thee, o as o in note, u as oo in food, 
or short, as in bull, and the diphthong ai as i in 
wine or mine. The consonants are sounded as in 
English. 
The native words may be correctly pronounced 
by attending to the above sounds of the vowels. 
The following list of the principal names will 
likewise assist in the proper pronunciation of 
Hawaiian words. The h is inserted after the a, 
only to secure that vowel's being sounded as in 
the exclamation ah ! 
Places . 
i 
L 
Ha-wai-i pronounced as 
O-a-hu. 
Tau-ai. 
Mau-i .. 
Kai-ru-a . . . . • 
Ke-a-ra-ke-ku-a . . 
Wai-a-ke-a . . . . 
Wai-pi-o . . . . . 
Ki-rau-e-a. 
Mou-na-hu-a-ra-rai 
Mou-na Ro-a . . . . 
Mou-aa Ke-a . , . . 
Ka-a-va-ro-a . . . . 
Ha-wye-e 
O-ah-hoo 
Tow-i, or Tow-eye 
Mow-e 
Ky-roo-ah 
Kay-a-ra-kay-koo-ab 
Wye-ah-kay-ali 
W ye-pe-o 
Ke-row-ay-ah 
Mo w-nah-hoo-ali-ra - rye 
Mow-nali Ro-ah 
Mow-nah Kay-ah 
Kah-all-Yah-ro - ah 
Persons . 
Ta-me-ha-nie-ha 
Ri-ho-ri-ho 
Ta-u-nm-a-ri-i 
Ka-a-hu-ma-nu 
Ke-o-pu-o-la-ni 
Ku-a-ki-ni 
Ka-rai-mo-ka . 
Bo-ki . . . 
Li-li-ha . . , 
Mau-ae . . . 
Ma-ko-a . • 
Ta-mtkhah-me-hah 
Ree-ho-ree-ho 
Ta-oo - m o o - ah -re - e 
Ka-ah-hoo-ma-noo 
Kay-o-poo-o-lah-n© 
Koo-ah-ke-ne 
Ka-rye-mo-koo 
Bo-ke 
Le-le-hah 
Mow-aye 
Ma-ko-ab. 
