An ʻōlelo noʻeau is a traditional saying in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (the Hawaiian language). There are thousands of them. Many are collected in a book by Mary Kawena Pukui, but this is not all of them.
The problem: ʻŌlelo Noʻeau come from many places, and some are known to some people and not to others. How can people explore these sayings, their origins, and their meanings?
The solution: This project provides an interactive database of sayings in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, along with their translation in English, as well as explanations of the sayings in both ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi and English.
Each saying comprises several words in ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi, as well as a translation comprising several words in English. Each saying also has two explanations, one in English and one in ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi. Each saying also has a source, which could be a book (such as Pukui’s) or some other context.
Some possible mockup pages include:
Each page should list appropriate other pages in a compact and usable fashion. For example, if you are browsing a source, like Pukui’s book, it should list the sayings there. But that book contains several thousand entries, so a simple list is ineffective.
Whether or not the following bullet points list all pages or not, the completed use case should show an end-to-end scenario of using the system.
After implementing the basic functionality, here are ideas for more advanced features:
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