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Subject:        Re: Hawai'ian placenames and typographical characters
Date:   Mon, 19 May 2008 07:16:43 -1000 (HST)
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The standard source for Hawai'ian place names with the diacritics are the maps by James Bier published by the University of Hawai'i Press. For other words the standard is Pukui and Elbert's Hawaiian Dictionary, 1986. The 'okina, or glottal stop, has the tail going up and out. There is an explanation in Wikipedia under 'okina.

Riley Moffat, Head of Reference
Brigham Young University - Hawaii Library
55-220 Kulanui Street #1966
Laie, Hawaii 96762
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>Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:44:40 -0500
>From: Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Hawai'ian placenames and typographical characters
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>Subject:        Hawai'ian placenames
>Date:   Mon, 19 May 2008 11:32:58 -0500
>From:   Becky Lowery <[log in to unmask]>
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>I received this question from another librarian  and her request was from the American Name Society.  Does anyone know the answer to the question about the appropriate typographic character used for glottal stops?  Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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>Thanks,
>
>Becky Lowery
>UIC Maps Library
>
>>Subject: Hawai'ian placenames
>
>I'm working on a map of O'ahu and trying to determine which
>typographic character is proper to use for the glottal stop:
>the opening single quote, the closing single quote/apostrophe, or the prime mark?
>
>Any advice or pointers?  Also, any pitfalls that a mainlander should
>watch out for, such as (purely as an example) eliminating it in
>adjectival forms (like the subject line of this email) or some such?
>>
>
>--
>Rebecca Lowery
>Maps and Data Services Librarian (MC-234)
>University of Illinois at Chicago
>Chicago, IL   60680
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>(312) 996-5277
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