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[Opinions] Moana?!? (m)
by Jacqueline (patchy)
7/29/2006, 5:13 PM
Moana. WDYTO it? It is used mostly in Polynesian and Hawaiian places. Also, what do you think of the name Malia? BTW, I knew a sibset once named Ohana and Kalani, and they weren't Hawaiian.~Jacqueline~

This message was edited 7/29/2006, 5:27 PM

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- Fink   +5
7/29/2006, 6:08 PM
well i like it because recently i was learning the Maori (new zealand) language and i think it means somthing like ocean mountain or river....haha, i guess i didnt learn very well...but i think its pretty !
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- Fink   +4
7/29/2006, 6:10 PM
also the pronunciation ....from what i recall is ...Mwan-na
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- AshJ   +3
7/29/2006, 6:24 PM
No, it's more like...mo-ah-na or sometimes mo-wa-na depending on people's accents.
Clara Jayne Aroha
EDD: 4/12/06
Lilypie Expecting a baby Ticker

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- Fink   +2
7/29/2006, 7:53 PM
i was listening to a voice track and the Maori guy on it said what sounded like Mwa-na ....but that could been that i didnt hear the ah..
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- Aine (poetic_freedom)   +1
7/29/2006, 8:08 PM
It is definitely Mo-wa-nah...it is the name of my friend Awhina's little sister
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- Fink
7/29/2006, 8:38 PM
ok ok i beleive you :)lol
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- AshJ
7/29/2006, 6:02 PM
I believe it's a Maori name. I guess it's sort of pretty but I would never use it because our pool in Dunedin is called Moana Pool so people would think I named my daughter after the pool. I have never actually heard it on a child before.
Clara Jayne Aroha
EDD: 4/12/06
Lilypie Expecting a baby Ticker
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- Belldandy   +4
7/29/2006, 5:31 PM
well...(m)I think obnoxious, dirty-minded children would be able to think of a few taunts for "Moana", with all due respect to the Polynesian culture. I'm not too wild about Malia, but I love Kalani. Ohana's pretty too, but I've seen Lilo and Stich more times than I can count, and I don't think I could say "Hello, Ohana." without adding, "Ohana means family. And family means stick together." ;;^^-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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- Jacqueline (patchy)   +3
7/29/2006, 5:33 PM
LOL :) "Ohana means family. And family means stick together."I know exactally watcha mean. That's what I thought of when I first met her :) ~Jacqueline~
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- Belldandy   +2
7/29/2006, 5:35 PM
=D =DDid you think of it in Stitch's voice? I totally would have.-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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- Jacqueline (patchy)   +1
7/29/2006, 5:38 PM
Yep :) I can do a creppy impersination of it too :)
~Jacqueline~
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- Belldandy
7/29/2006, 5:39 PM
Niiiice. =)
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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- Jaxi
7/29/2006, 5:29 PM
Moana is ok. I have heard it used twice.
Malia is cute. It sounds really girly to me. I have never heard of it. Moana and Malia would make cute twin names. I don't care for Ohana or Kalani.
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