"Honu" was Hawaiian -- but a lot easier to call in at night

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 03:38:36 -0400 Karen Rhodes
 writes:
> At 10:26 AM 6/12/2003 -0500, Gumbie Tygress wrote:
> 
> >The folks we got Vivi from are looking for a call-name for "Li'l 
> Miss
> >Yellow."
> >To match her =cough= vivacious personality, they are looking for a
> >foreign word meaning "bossy" or "loud mouth"
(or a permutation 
> thereby)
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> 
> How about Hawaiian?
> 
> "Bossy" is Ho'ohaku.  (The apostrophe is a glottal stop -- kind of 
> like the
> "uh" in "uh-oh")
> (Ho-oh-HAH-koo)
> 
> I can't find a word for "loudmouth," but
"loudspeaker" is Ho'onui 
> leo.
> (Ho-oh-NOO-ee LAY-oh)
> 
> Veloci--aloha--raptor
> 
> 
> 
> 


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