What Is A "Pepeke ʻAike"?
What Is A "Pepeke ʻAike"?
The Hawaiian grammatical term, "Pepeke ʻAike" was coined by William H. “Pila” Wilson and Kauanoe Kamanā, and first used in their Hawaiian language textbook “Nā Kai ʻEwalu” (1990, 22-27). The Pepeke system of Hawaiian grammar was developed at UH Hilo and diagrams sentence structure using the metaphor of a squid (from the Polynesian word, "feke", squid), with a head (poʻo), core, navel (piko), and tentacles (ʻawe). This contrasts with the Hāloa system that uses a Kalo plant as a metaphor.
The term "ʻAike" is created using the word ʻike (to see, know, indicate) prepended with ʻa (meaning "in the nature of") conveying the meaning, "the nature of the thing is that it informs you".
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