Keola's portrait superimposed over a snow-covered Mauna Kea, with the name Keola Donaghy in gold lettering

ulukau - ka waihona ‘ike kikoho‘e ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i

‘O au kekahi o nā kanaka i ho‘okumu i ka Ulukau, ‘o ka waihona ‘ike kikoho‘e ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. Aia ma ka Ulukau nā waihona nūpepa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, ka puke pai ‘o "Ka Ho‘oilina," nā puke wehewehe ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i i hiki ke huli ‘ia, ka Baibala Hemolele, kekahi hōkeo ‘ikepili inoa ‘āina nunui, nā puke kikoho‘i, e me nā kumuwaiwai ‘ē a‘o he nui wale. Aia ma laila ka‘u pepa kēkelē laeo‘o, me nā waihona leo o nā mele a‘u i kālailai ai.

nā polokalamu kīwī

Ua kipa aku au iā David Lassner ma kāna polokalamu kīwī ‘o High Tech Hawai‘i ‘ekolu manawa, a hiki ke nānā ‘ia ‘elua o ia mau polokalamu ma ka pūnaewele. Ma ka polokalamu mua i ho‘olele ‘ia ma ‘Apelila makahiki 2000, ua wala‘au au e pili ana i kā mākou ho‘ohana ‘ana i ka ‘enehana ma nā papahana ho‘ōla ‘ōlelo, a ua komo pū ‘o Keola Beamer i ka wala‘au ‘ana e pili ana i kā māua hana ma ka ho‘olaulaha ‘ana i kāna hīmeni a ho‘okani ‘ana ma ka pūnaewele puni honua. Ma ko‘u kipa hope ‘ana aku i ka polokalamu, ua wala‘au au e pili ana i kā mākou mau papa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i e a‘o ‘ia nei ma ka pūnaewele puni honua.

picture of 'Ike Pono set with discussion participantsMa ka ‘Apelila makahiki 2004 ua komo pū au i ke kūkākūkā ‘ana e pili an ai ka Ulukau me Bob Stauffer, Janet Zisk, a me Kāwika Makanani ma ka polokalamu kīwī ‘o ‘Ike Pono i ho‘opuka ‘ia e ke kula ‘o Kamehameha.

wired magazine

Ua kākau ‘ia he mo‘olelo e pili ana ia‘u a me ko‘u mau hoa ana ma ka Wired Magazine ("How Do You Say Computer In Hawaiian?") ma ka mahina ‘o ‘Aukake, makahiki 1995. Ua kākau ‘o Connie Hale e pili ana i kā mākou mau hana ma ka ‘enehana no ka pono o nā papahana ho‘ōla ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.

Ua pa‘i ‘ia he mo‘olelo hou ("Aloha, You've Got Hawaiian 101") ma Wired ma ka mahina ‘o Kepakemapa, makahiki 2002, e pili ana i kā mākou a‘o ‘ana i nā papa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma ka pūnawewele puni honua.