Na nā Limahana Haumāna o ka Pāhana Kaniʻāina
Auhea ʻoukou. He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina. Ma kēia manaʻo ʻo ka pūkoʻa ka mea e ulu a māhuahua aʻe he moku a lohe ʻia maila ka leo he Hawaiʻi e kani ana ma nā pepeiao. A mai kekahi kihi a i kekahi kihi o kēia pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi nei, aia nō ke kani paʻē nei a kūpinaʻi ka leo kolonahe o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi e ō mau nei, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
He ʻohina pūnaewele ʻo Kaniʻāina i kūkulu ʻia na Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani me ke kōkua o ka Māhele Kālaiʻōlelo o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa, i lako hoʻi i ka leo o ko Hawaiʻi mau mānaleo Hawaiʻi hope loa.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ia kāmoʻo leo ʻana he kanalima a ʻoi makahiki aku nei i loko nō o ka hana hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻOiai ke kuluma hou nei ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma kēlā peʻa kēia peʻa o ka pae ʻāina ma nā ʻano pōʻaiapili like ʻole, i mea ʻo Kaniʻāina e lawe ai i ia mau leo Hawaiʻi me kekahi mau palapala leo i ka lehulehu ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma o ke kahuapaʻa pūnaewele ʻo Ulukau.
ʻO ka polokalamu lēkiō ʻo Ka Leo Hawaiʻi kekahi ʻohina nui loa o laila i piha i ka 525 hola o nā nīnauele mānaleo Hawaiʻi. He kumuwaiwai makamae ʻo Ka Leo Hawaiʻi a ua pihaʻū hoʻi i ka ʻike Hawaiʻi o kēlā ʻano kēia ʻano e laʻa me ka ʻike no nā inoa meaola, ua, kai, makani, a ʻohana o ka ʻāina, ka ʻike ʻōlelo, moʻolelo pana, nane, mele a he mau ʻike makamae Hawaiʻi nui hou aku. A ʻo kekahi mea maikaʻi loa, he mea loaʻa wale ia ma ka wēlau o ka manamana lima ma www.ulukau.org/kaniaina.
Ma Kaniʻāina, ʻo Nā Hulu Kūpuna a pēlā pū nō ʻo Mānaleo Kīwī nā ʻohina leo a wikiō ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi e hoʻomākaukau ʻia nei no ka hoʻolaha ʻana aku i ka lehulehu.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Kaniʻāina me ke kākoʻo o ko mākou mau hui hāʻawi kālā kākoʻo ʻo The National Science Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, a me The Ford Foundation. Me ia kākoʻo e hiki ai iā Kaniʻāina ke mālama i papahana aukukui no nā haumāna kālai ʻōlelo a ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi e aʻo ai i ka hoʻomohala hōkeo ʻikepili kikohoʻe e ō ai ka ʻike ʻōlelo leo Hawaiʻi kuamua. He nani hoʻi ia, lilo ʻo Kaniʻāina he ʻumeke kāʻeo e hoʻolako ai i nā haumāna a me nā kumu kaiaʻōlelo a kaiapuni ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i nā momi Hawaiʻi like ʻole i loko o ka makana leo e kāmau ai i ka mauli ola Hawaiʻi no kēia wā a no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Aia nō ʻo Kaniʻāina ke hea aku nei iā ʻoe e kipa ma www.ulukau.org/kaniaina a e launa pū me nā leo mae ʻole o ka ʻāina. E ola ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi!
Kākau ʻia kēia ʻatikala na nā limahana haumāna o ka pāhana Kaniʻāina: ʻo Kaʻawaloa Kauaʻula, Kauāakeakua Segundo a me Bruce Torres Fischer, me ke kōkua o Kauka Larry Kimura ma Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, UH Hilo.
