Editing Kauai (section)

==Etymology and language==
[[Hawaiian narrative]] derives the name's origin from the legend of [[Hawaiiloa|Hawai{{okina}}iloa]], the [[Polynesia]]n navigator credited with discovering the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a favorite son; a possible translation of Kaua{{okina}}i is "place around the neck", describing how a father would carry his child. Another possible translation is "food season".<ref name="PukuiElbert1974">{{cite book |first1=Mary Kawena |last1=Pukui |first2=Samuel H. |last2=Elbert |first3=Esther T. |last3=Mookini |title=Place Names of Hawaii |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=fkw4JooFxZAC}}|year=1974|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-0524-1}}</ref>

Kaua{{okina}}i was known for its distinct dialect of the [[Hawaiian language]], which still survives on Ni{{okina}}ihau. While the dominant dialect is based on that of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai{{okina}}i island]], which has no {{IPA|[t]}} sound, the Kaua{{okina}}i dialect had this sound. This happened because the Kaua{{okina}}i dialect had retained the old Polynesian {{IPA|/t/}} sound, replaced in the "standard" Hawai{{okina}}i dialect by {{IPA|[k]}}. This difference applies to all words with these sounds, so the Kauaian name for Kaua{{okina}}i was pronounced "Taua{{okina}}i", and [[Kapaa, Hawaii|Kapa{{okina}}a]] was pronounced "Tapa{{okina}}a".