Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VIII, Number 65, 22 August 1935 — OLUOLU OE E WEHEWEHE MAI I KO'U MAO POPO OLE Ka Olelo Hawaii e Nalohia Aku Nei [ARTICLE]

OLUOLU OE E WEHEWEHE MAI I KO'U MAO POPO OLE

Ka Olelo Hawaii e Nalohia Aku Nei

Mi\ Lunahooponopono: Aloha oe: . (Kakauia e Geo. K. Kaia) I ulu ae la keīa noonoo ana iloko o'u mamuli o ko'u hoomanao ana' ao Ia -i ka Olelo Nukilani, mai ka waha mai o na waHine: (haole) elele i hiki mai ma Hawaii nei i halawai iho nei-ma ke kula- . nakauhale o Honolulu nei, o kela Ahahui Hoomaemae a Hoonaauao a Hoole Waiona a puni ka honua nei. Ma ko'u hoomaopopo ana, elike me ka mea i maopopo ia'u me he la, he olelo Polapola paha ka keia poe wahine e kamailio ana maloko 0 ua halawai la i malamaia maloko o ka Y. W. C. A. i kekahi manawa o kela makahiki aku nei. - - 0 kekahi o na olelo i hoopukaia mai e keia poe wahine he like loa me ka olelo Hawaii, he nani i ko'u pepeiao i ka hoolohe ana aku; he kuonoono a ko'iko'i ke kani ana a koha leo t ā o ka mapuna huaolelo i oi na huai ka umikuma'malua, .he kani ana ko<na i like ioa me "Hawaii-nui-akea," a he kohukohu maoli no i ka lehelehe i kamaaina i kja olelo i ka puana mai, koe wale no he mau huap&lapala t, r ame *s kekahi o ka lakou mau, huapalapala. Elua a ekolu paha keia mau wahine elele mai Nu Ki-. lani mai, a iwaena ~o ko la1 kou mau minuke o lakou wa : le no, lohe aku no oe ia lakoii e kamailio ana i ka olelo Nu Kilani ihoko o ka hoinaunau, ame ka hoomahie. Hoomanao ae ai au ia Mrs. H." Shipman o Hilo, ia Mrs, J. D. Paris o Kealakekua, ia Mrs. Mother Rice o Lihue, Kauai', a he nui a lehulehu wale o ia mau makuahine i hiki mai i Hawaii nei i ko laieoii mau la opio, ka mikomi,ko o JIawaii mai ko ■4ako« ■ nanea ma«li no oe i ka hotin$unau lakou, oia no 06 o ka iakou olelo makuai hine ponoi ka hele a kahe ka i wai ke hoolohe aku. manao |.au o ka olelo waīe-no ia e loheia ana ma ko lakou mau home, mawaho ae o ka olelo Beritania. Aole 0 keia wale no, aka, 0 na lahui like ole no e noho nei maloko o Haw'aii nei; ka Pilipino, ke Kepani, ka Pake, na lahui e ae no he nui wale, lohe aku no oe ia lakou ma ko lakou mau home e kamailio ana no i ka lakou man olelo ponoi iho, ma na anaina a ma ko lakou mau launa ana. Aka, no kuu lahui Hawaii ponoi hoi, ma na huakai a'u 1 kaahele aku ai ma na apana like ole a puni ,ka aina noi, uuku loa na Hawaii e kamailio ana i ka olelo makuahine, koe wale no na Hawaii 0 na kuaaina, a pau pu no i kekahi manawa me ia poe i ka namu Imole. 1 ko'u hiki ana ma Laie, -Oahu nei, kahaha ko'u lohe ana aku i na makua ame na keiki, 0 ka olelo hookahi wale' 110 ia i ka lehelehe 0 na mea apau; 6 ko'u manaolana la he aina i hoopihaia e 11$ kanaka Hawaii maoli, pela la au e l®he aku ai 1 ka olelo makuahine i ka lehelehe 0 na mea apau. aole nae! Pele pu ma na home o na Hawaii a puni ka aina nei ua poina loa 1 ka olelo Hawaii. a 0 ka olelo haole ia au e Iohe aku ai i ka waha 0 na makua ame na keiki» a pau pu no me na kupima. Nolaila au e nonoi haahaa nkn nei ia oe e Mr. lunahooponopono. 0 kokua mai hoi oe ia'u e mawehewehe ae i ko'u maopopo olo ame *ko*u hupo maluna o keia ninau: "Ho pono anei ka hoopoftva loa ann aku i ka Olelo Hawaii a a'o 1 ka ole?o haole, eiike me ka hapanui loa o ka lahui Hawaii o keia la e ola nei? 0\va\i ilio no me ka haahaa. - GEOKGE K. KAFA, Honoluiu, T, H. 15, 1935.