a few comments on existing entries

[Ross Clark (FOA LING)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas H. Slone [mailto:tom at potency.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2001 4:57 a.m.
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: a few comments on existing entries
> 
> 
> I do not remember seeing "kaikaiim" written, only "kaikaim", though 
> "kaikaiim" is more like how it's pronounced.
> 
> Also, there is now an ongoing discussion on the etymology of kanaka 
> on ASAONET (ASAONET at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU).  Mihalic says that it's from 
> Fijian, but this is probably wrong.  It must be from Hawaiian by way 
> of Pacific trade jargon.
> 
> >Tom et al.

Very definitely from Hawaiian, not Fijian. 
But not just in trade jargon. It's attested as early as 1811 in English, for
Hawaiians, and then Pacific islanders in general.

Ross Clark