Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 1993 — What's in a (street) name? Plenty [ARTICLE]

What's in a (street) name? Plenty

People wanting to leam ahoui the meaning of Hawaiian street names will find "Hawaiian Street Names" an enjoyable and revealing guide to the highways and byways of O'ahu. Now updated in a second edition that includes 4,300 O'ahu street names, Hawaiian Street Names is a combination dictionaryencyclopedia whieh gives readers an appreciation of Hawaiian history, language, legend and culture. Many Hawaiian streets are named for people, places, folklore, gods,stars, foods, flowers, plants, trees, fish and birds.

Readers will enjoy discovering hundreds of humorous English translations one wou!d never expect to see a street named for. The book a!so has a serious side whieh educates people about the Hawaiian language and serves as a handy Hawaiiana reference source. Except for a eouple dozen commonly-used words, Hawaiian is unfortunately a foreign language to many people who live in Hawai'i. lronically. city law requires that streets be given a Hawaiian name, yet most people don't know what their street name

means, or how to pronounce the words. Hawaiian Street Names by Rich Budnick and Duke Kalani Wise, published by Aloha Press, is available in book stores for S 1 2. Also by author Budnick: Maui Street Names and "Stolen Kingdom: An Amenean Conspiracy." Discount orders are available directly from the publisher. For an autographed copy send $8 for eaeh book (plus $2 per book for shipping charges) to: Aloha Press, Box 4183-OHA, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96812.