01-23-2014, 07:00 AM
Actually, as Pahoa is normally NOT spelled with a macron over the 1st a, it is NOT the translation for short dagger, but pahoa is pa(common prefix for 'with the nature or quality of')hoa(friend, associate, fellow, companion)...(although hoa can also mean tie, bind, strike/club, utilizing the prefix 'pa' would normally suggest the primary meaning...)
It is interesting that Pahoa High, 'home of the daggers' omits the macron, so is not a correct use of the translation....link to their webiste:
http://pahoahis.org/
added: if you are not sure how you say the towns name...when you say it, if both a's sound the same, you are NOT saying short dagger....if you normally stress the first a, you are...
It is interesting that Pahoa High, 'home of the daggers' omits the macron, so is not a correct use of the translation....link to their webiste:
http://pahoahis.org/
added: if you are not sure how you say the towns name...when you say it, if both a's sound the same, you are NOT saying short dagger....if you normally stress the first a, you are...