Hawaiian translation

roninspaddle

Can anyone give me the closest translation in Hawaiian of "glides in water"pertaining to a one man?i would like to name my canoe this,and i just want to get it right.
Thank you.

Submitted by roninspaddle on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 10:18am

healthyearth

http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--0…

#1 Wed, 03/06/2013 - 10:59am

healthyearth

Many women of the lands say the secret to happiness is for you to be "Olali with your alelo"!

#2 Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:09am

roninspaddle

Mahalo,healthyearth.
"Olali with your alelo"-"familiar with my language"?

#3 Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:50am

SFBayPaddler

So true... "Olali with your alelo" = Smooth with your tongue.

#4 Thu, 03/14/2013 - 12:05pm

koacanoe

In the early 1980's, Kamehameha school teacher, Dean Hayward, designed and built a surfski, which he called the Holua. Although Holua means grass riding sled, one-man's do perform as a sled gliding down steep bumps. Maybe, if we were to trace the lineage of some of our modern one man's, there possibly might be some Holua DNA in them?

#5 Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:39am

kava

horua,hawaiian=sliding on land
horue,tahitian=surfing,sliding on ocean

#6 Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:33pm