On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:36:59 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

> "smithfarms pure kona" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Kind of depends.
> >
> >
> > pau is pronounced <pow>
> > imu is pronounced <e-moo>
> >
> > Happy to help.
> >
> > aloha,
> > Thunder
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> Actually, I think pau (now pronounced POW) was actually pa'u, originally
> which would make the pronounciation PAH oo. I could be wrong, but that's
> what I've heard from Hawaiian linguists.
>

In my seach tonight, I discovered that pau and pa'u are two
completely different words.

pa'u is a woman's skirt
pau means finished or done

I guess it's like the difference between red and read (past
tense of course). <s>

According to
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/o-pronunciation.html#a

pau is pronounced (like you said): pah-oo
imu is pronounced (like Thunder said) ee-moo

So if what Thunder says how to pronounce pau is true, have
haoles had a huge impact on the pronunciation of traditional
Hawaiian words? We're 50-50 at this point.


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