"She was a wife of Kalaiopuu, the chief when Lono [Captain Cook] came"

July 29, 2015 6:40 AM

nupepa : Another place to talk about Hawaiian-Language Newspapers. A few selected highlights: Duke Kahanamoku Off to Hollywood, 1936 -- More bats found, 1905 -- Names of the stevedores who participated in Queen Liliuokalani’s funeral, 1917 -- The Beautiful Flag of Hawaii / Let it forever wave -- Hei, cat’s cradle, Hawaiian style, 1916 -- On eating stones, 1894 -- Did Not Forget His Mother Tongue
posted by No-sword (4 comments total)

A great find and a great post! I've left the following comment:

By Her Royal Highness, the Premier:—”His Hawaiian Majesty, Kamehameha III.”—”God save the King”, by the band;—21 guns, and [?????] cheers.

The omitted word is clearly "deafening."

Being a copyeditor sometimes comes in handy.
posted by languagehat at 7:41 AM on July 29, 2015

This is excellent. I'm going to be reading these all day.
posted by mixedmetaphors at 9:22 AM on July 29, 2015

Oh cool! Linguistically similar is the Niupepa: Maori Newspapers Archive, but you can't leave comments which makes it a lot less interactive.

(Oh, an also, example of a Hawaiian song translated to Maori in a 1924 Maori newspaper halfway down this page!)
posted by Elysum at 9:23 AM on July 29, 2015 [1 favorite]

Great post.
posted by Miko at 6:28 PM on July 29, 2015