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To: Ka-leo-lani

IIRC from my years in HI, tutu means Auntie.


59 posted on 10/21/2008 7:37:27 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: little jeremiah
According to this Hawaiian Dictionary, tutu means granny, grandmother, or grandfather. However, I agree with a previous post that the letter ''t'' isn't an official letter in the Hawaiian alphabet so ''tutu'' is probably more of a pidgin word.
63 posted on 10/21/2008 9:01:40 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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