Several commonly used words that locals use are not in this app. For example Ku'u (beloved) is widely used in names- not in here. Hula which means dance is not here. For Dance the app uses Ha'a (not hula). A Kumu Hula (properly translated by the app as master or teacher) would be very disappointed 'Home' a Hawaiian word in the Title of a very popular song (Ku'u Home o Kahalu'u) is not here, nor is 'holo holo' (to walk around or explore) is not here. Further, for those words that are present the translations are different to what most locals use. For example, the example used by the app 'hoku' is usually know as "Star" but it translates it as "Night of the full moon". Loosely it can be 'light from the heavens' but the narrow choice of full moon light could mislead. I rarely have time to rate apps, so I am not a typical 'e-complainer', yet I felt I must disagree with the high rating. I'm going back to the books that my Kumu always recommended until someone develops a Hawaiian Language app that is app propo :)
Aloha & Mahalo,
15 years kama'aina (not just 'familiar' but local), TBoneTravels
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