used in UHM dorms to advocate for Hawaiian language and culture
SK
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
44144
United States
Honolulu
N.L Ohana is Hawaiian for family
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39025
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43377
United States
Honolulu
SK
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
44145
United States
Honolulu
N.L, Ono is pidgin for delicious
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39026
United States
Waimanalo
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43378
United States
Laie
SK
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43890
United States
Kaneohe
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a metal sign at the entrance of the S.W. King Intermediate School.
- domain: The context of the sign is ‘Ōlelo community media in Kāne’ohe.
- audience: The sign is intended for the people who are driving by the school’s entrance to see and also for the students who are involved or planning on getting involved with ‘Ōlelo.
- function: The sign is trying to inform people where the ‘Ōlelo media takes place on campus and also to inform people who are driving by that the intermediate school is involved with ‘Ōlelo community media.
- language: The language that is more dominant on the sign is English because there is more of it present but there are also a couple Hawaiian words.
The word ‘Ōlelo means “word, language, talk” in Hawaiian.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
44146
United States
Honolulu
N.L, Shaka is a pidgin word for a gesture where you close your fist and stick out the thumb and pinky.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39027
United States
Aiea
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43379
United States
Honolulu
SK
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43891
United States
Kaneohe
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a metal sign right off the side of the road.
- domain: The context of the sign is that there is an ahupua’a in Kāne’ohe.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are driving by the sign. It is mainly intended for nonlocals and tourists.
- function: The sign is informing people who are not familiar with the island that an ahupua’a is nearby the area that the sign is located.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Hawaiian.
The word ahupua’a is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
44147
United States
Honolulu
N.L, Howzit is pidgin for how is it
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
24948
United States
Waipahu
This is a shirt that says so urusai. There is also the meaning of urusai below in English which say irritating. Urusai is a Japanese word that also means annoying or noisy there is also Japanese characters. This Symbolic-synthetic. R.N.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39028
United States
Haleiwa
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43380
United States
Honolulu
SK
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43892
United States
Aiea
EL-S Domain: Pearlridge Center downtown
This is to help difference the diffferent sides of the mall, one is the plantation while to other isn’t.
Audience: Customers that are walking in, and wanting to go to the other part of the mall.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
24949
United States
Waipahu
This is a shirt that says Chee hoo on it this is a (hwc) slang that locals most likely use at a football game or to up lift the mood. This is symbolic-authentic. R.N.
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