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ID	Country / City	Comment	Project / Group
43431	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Hawaii's Finest Clothing Purpose: To denote sizes of the t-shirts on the rack. Audience: Children and Women Printed: Slate display board Message: Classifying the sizes of the t-shirts, in this case intended for use of women and children.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43432	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Silk-screened t-shirt Purpose: To convey a popular local expression. Audience: Locals who enjoy saying: "Aloha fo' days", locals who enjoy the color and branded manufacturer of the shirt. Printed: AAA cotton t-shirt Implied message: "Aloha" translates to a universal term in Hawaiian to "love". "Love (for days)"	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43433	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Sales sign at Hawaii's Finest LLC. Purpose: To denote the sale of tenor and concert ukuleles. Audience: Customers who are in the market to purchase an ukulele. Printed: Laminated paper sign Message: Ukuleles were brought to Hawaii by Portuguese settlers, and has been a cultural icon for the islands since. "Ukulele," is a Hawaiian term that translates to "Jumping flea," similar to the movement of the fingers across the ukulele's fretboard.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43434	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Long's Drugs Greeting Card Department Purpose: Pidgin is used as an expression of congratulating any recipient of the card. Audience: Customers looking to buy a local-themed greeting card Print: 3x5" greeting card Message: "Chee hoo" is an expression of congratulations in HWC.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43435	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Drive through parking lot Purpose: Denoting the owner of this vehicle to be of an Uncle figure. Audience: All audiences, seen as a novelty sticker Format: Bumper sticker on the back of a pickup truck Message: "Unko status," known in Hawaii, Uncle, or "Unko" is usually a colloquial term for an adult male in Hawaii, as a term of endearment.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43436	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: UH Manoa Campus Purpose: Denoting a family event on Fridays for families to participate Audience: Families with children Print: Neon green flyer Message: Announcement for a family activity night at UH Manoa	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43437	United States Honolulu	(HC) Domain: Manoalani Apartments Purpose: Place marker of a Hawaiian apartment complex Audience: Passerby and Residents Format: Wooden sign on Concrete wall Message: "Manoalani" translates to: "Vast Heaven" and also describes the location of the apartment, being close in proximity to Manoa town.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43438	United States Honolulu	(HC) Purpose: Statue of the mascot for Waiola Shave Ice, a popular dessert shop on Oahu. Audience: Tourists for pictures, customers of the shop. Format: ABS/Plaster statue of the shave ice mascot. Message: "Shave ice" is derived from "Kakigori", a popular ice snack from Japan. After the plantation era, Hawaii had took substantial inspiration from the Kakigori into the creation of "Shave ice", essentially syrup poured over what is finely crushed, or "shavings" of ice.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43684	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – Da Ono Hawaiian Food is an old restruant that has been around for a long time. Da Ono is Pidgin with Da being The and Ono being Delicious.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43685	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – There is Hawaiian in this but in a Pidgin Format. Although The Bus isnʻt pidgin the way they say can be considered Pidgin. “Aloha the bus” can be defined as “Love the bus.” This is a bus stop bench in fron of Gateway Hale. I dont think students even notice that its even there. But it is faced towards the road so it is showing appreciation towards the Bus Drivers that drive the busses.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43686	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – Hammajang is a pidgin term for messed up. In this case this food item in Foodland is refering to a messed up mixture of nuts and other snacks contained. Its not messed up in quality rather the concept of messy being refered to the assortment of snacks in it.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43687	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – This is a sign placed in the International Market Place in Waikiki. This is a wonderful tourist sign with Aloha being the one word that everyone is familiare with. Love, Hello, Greetings, Good bye.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43688	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – E komo mai is Hawaiian for a Come on In – This is the rough translation but the literal defination being Enter towards the direction of the speaker. So it does not mean, “we are open!” even though we know this, the tourist may get comfused becasue this is meant to say, We are Open! “So come on in.”	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43689	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – Shaka is not Hawaiian. Rather its a term for hang loose used by surfers. The term has become more thoough a greeting and farwell sign here in Hawaiʻi. We dont say Shaka but the gestures is used more. Thats just what we call um. It has become our local culture to do it. In this case Hang Loose referese to the Tea to be very calming and chill. This is a product you can find at Foodland.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43690	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – Happy Wahine is Hawaiian and English with Wahine being woman. This is a spa unit that is probably target audience being Woman. This is a unit in the International Market Place.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43691	ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Honolulu	HK – Ka Leo is Hawaiian for “The Voice”. It is our Schools paper here at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa . Here is a newpaper box that students can grab paper from on the way to and from Campus Center. This is ment for the students here in UH Mānoa but I think only a few students here know what Ka Leo means. I think a lot of people is just aware of it rather then the definition which is “The Voice” and it stands perfectly what a newspaper is.	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
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
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
43893	United States Aiea	EL-S Domain : Downtown Pearlridge Center Audience: Its to help catch the others eyes, and see if there anything that local people might get or non-locals. Mostly to help bring in customers.	Multilingual Hawaiʻi