Oooooh, I love Hawaiian! It's a beautiful language.
My pets' names are both Hawaiian. Mele means song and Nipo is one of the many words meaning love.
This dictionary is alright but it seems to resort to "sound alikes" rather than translating based on meaning.
For example, I have two middle names, one is in English and the other is the Hawaiian translation. Irene translates into Maluhia and both mean peace or peaceful. However, this dictionary translates Irene as Ailina, a "sound alike." But both Maluhia and Ailina sound very pretty!
Micki,
Aneko - is that a Japanese word? Is it pronounced A-neck-o or A-nee-ko? I always imagined it pronounced A-nee-ko in which case it sounds very Japanese. Do you know what it means? If you let me know then I could get it translated for you.
On a related note...It is very popular to wear gold bracelets in Hawaii with your name engraved on them. Many girls get their first one when they turn 16, graduate high school or after some other major milestone. Some women have half a dozen dangling from their wrists and arms.
Mine is the only nice piece of jewelry I own and because my Daddy helped me pick it out, it will be something I treasure always.
This is what they look like: http://www.ch1hawaii.com/rhhj/jewelr...nbracelets.asp
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