Editing Hawaii (section)

==Etymology==
The State of Hawaii derives its name from the name of its largest island, {{lang|haw|[[Hawaii (island)|Hawai{{okina}}i]]|italic=no}}. A common explanation of the name of {{lang|haw|Hawai{{okina}}i|italic=no}} is that it was named for {{lang|haw|[[Hawaiiloa|Hawai{{okina}}iloa]]|italic=no}}, a figure from Hawaiian oral tradition. He is said to have discovered the islands when they were first settled.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cartwright |first=Bruce |title=The Legend of Hawaii-loa |url=http://www.ethnomath.org/resources/cartwright1929.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=38 |pages=105–121 |year=1929 |via=Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713091306/http://www.ethnomath.org/resources/cartwright1929.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/symbols/origins.htm |title=Origins of Hawaii's Names |access-date=February 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230195509/http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/symbols/origins.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2006}}</ref>

The [[Hawaiian language]] word {{lang|haw|Hawai{{okina}}i}} is very similar to [[Proto-Polynesian language|Proto-Polynesian]] ''Sawaiki'', with the [[Internal reconstruction|reconstructed]] meaning "homeland."{{efn|1=Pollex—a reconstruction of the Proto-Polynesian lexicon, Biggs and Clark, 1994.<ref>{{cite book |last=Biggs |first=Bruce |editor-last=Sutton |editor-first=Douglas G. |chapter=Does Māori have a closest relative? |title=The Origins of the First New Zealanders |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland, NZ |date=1994 |pages=96–105 |isbn=978-1-86940-098-9}}{{break}}{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Ross |editor-last=Sutton |editor-first=Douglas G. |chapter=Moriori and Māori: The Linguistic Evidence |title=The Origins of the First New Zealanders |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland, NZ |date=1994 |pages=123–135 |isbn=978-1-86940-098-9}}</ref> The asterisk preceding the word signifies that it is a reconstructed word form.}} [[Cognate]]s of {{lang|haw|Hawai{{okina}}i}} are found in other Polynesian languages, including [[Māori language|Māori]] ({{lang|mi|Hawaiki}}), [[Cook Islands Maori|Rarotongan]] ({{lang|rar|{{okina}}Avaiki}}) and [[Samoan language|Samoan]] ({{lang|sm|[[Savai'i|Savai{{okina}}i]]}}). According to linguists Pukui and Elbert,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pukui |first1=M.K. |last2=Elbert |first2=S.H. |title=Hawaiian Dictionary |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |location=Honolulu, HI |year=1986 |page=62 |isbn=978-0-8248-0703-0}}</ref> "elsewhere in Polynesia, {{lang|haw|Hawai{{okina}}i}} or a cognate is the name of the underworld or of the ancestral home, but in Hawaii, the name has no meaning".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pukui |first1=M.K. |last2=Elbert |first2=S.H. |last3=Mookini |first3=E.T. |title=Place Names of Hawaii |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |location=Honolulu, HI |year=1974 |isbn=978-0-8248-0208-0}}</ref>

===Spelling of state name===
In 1978, Hawaiian was added to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii as an official state language alongside English.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article XV, Section 4 |website=The Constitution of the State of Hawaii |publisher=Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau |url=http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conart15.html |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101203129/http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conart15.html |archive-date=November 1, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The title of the state constitution is ''The Constitution of the State of Hawaii''. Article{{spaces}}XV, Section{{spaces}}1 of the Constitution uses ''The State of Hawaii''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article XV, Section 1 |website=The Constitution of the State of Hawaii |publisher=Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau |url=http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conart15.html |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101203129/http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conart15.html |archive-date=November 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Diacritic]]s were not used because the document, drafted in 1949,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Constitution of the State of Hawaii |publisher=Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau |url=http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conorg.html |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309102450/http://lrbhawaii.org/con/conorg.html |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> predates the use of the {{lang|haw|[[ʻOkina|{{okina}}okina]]}} {{angbr|{{okina}}}} and the {{lang|haw|[[macron (diacritic)|kahakō]]}} in modern Hawaiian orthography. The exact spelling of the state's name in the Hawaiian language is {{lang|haw|Hawai{{okina}}i}}.{{efn|The {{lang|haw|[[ʻokina]]}}, which resembles an apostrophe and precedes the final ''i'' in ''Hawai{{okina}}i'', is a consonant in Hawaiian and phonetically represents the [[glottal stop]] {{IPAc-en|ʔ}}.}} In the [[Hawaii Admission Act]] that granted Hawaiian statehood, the federal government used ''Hawaii'' as the state name.

However, most official state government publications, departments, and office titles use ''Hawai{{okina}}i'', including the  [[Governor of Hawai{{okina}}i]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Josh Green, M.D. |url=https://governor.hawaii.gov/ |website=governor.hawaii.gov |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> the [[Hawaii State Legislature|Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature |url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/ |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> the [[Hawaii State Judiciary|Hawai{{okina}}i State Judiciary]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawai{{okina}}i State Judiciary |url=https://www.courts.state.hi.us/|website=www.courts.state.hi.us |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> the [[University of Hawai{{okina}}i]],<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Hawai{{okina}}i System |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/ |website=www.hawaii.edu |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> the [[Seal of Hawaii|Hawaiʻi State Seal]],<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the State Seal and Embosser |url=https://ltgov.hawaii.gov/virtual-tour-history-of-the-state-seal-and-embosser/ |website=ltgov.hawaii.gov |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> the [[Flag of Hawaiʻi]],<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Hawaiʻi Flag |url=https://ltgov.hawaii.gov/virtual-tour-history-of-the-hawai%CA%BBi-flag/ |website=ltgov.hawaii.gov |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and the Hawai{{okina}}i Board on Geographic Names.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawaiʻi Board on Geographic Names |url=https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis/hbgn/ |website=planning.hawaii.gov |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The Hawai{{okina}}i Tourism Authority's official policy is to "recognize the importance of using these markings to preserve the indigenous language and culture of Hawai{{okina}}i and use them in all forms of communications."<ref name=tourism>{{cite web |title=Go Hawaii |url=https://www.gohawaii.com/ |website=Go Hawaii |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en |date=20 January 2017}}</ref>

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