[Qcwa] QCWA Ch 206, Honolulu, Meeting

Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:56:23 -1000 (HST)

Harvey & Bessie
We werent talking about a st or location on Oahu, but in Maui.
And the town is Makawao "cow town" of Maui and of course is legitimate
word in Hawaiian but the whole discussion was about a St Sign near
Makawao Maui pointing to a place called "Kokomo" and its still there.
The word in question was "kokomo" which had no foundation in the
Hawn Language or folklore or lyrics or Music of the area.  The origin
of how "Kokomo" appeared on the scene was the question, and no one
including the local newspapers knows for sure.  Only thing for sure
it has no basis whatever in Hawaiian language or folklore.
                           Joe

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On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Harvey&Bessie wrote:

> I think MAKAWAO is a misspelling of MAKAWEO a perfectly legitimate
> Hawaiian word, at least it's the name of a street in Wahiawa! We had a
> similar experience with HALEMANU, many wanted to make it HELEMANO. I
> worked there 1948-1952.
> W4TG, exKH6VZ/Harvey
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