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"ʻAʻole au makemake i ke kipi, e waiho."
Translation:I do not want chips, you can leave them.
June 1, 2019
4 Comments
(YouTube link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8k_9WFpVXE
Hawaii Grown, Hawaii Made: The Hawaiian Chip Company (link above)
(link) http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4-------0-1lpm--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-waiho--00-3-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D20617
waiho
nvt. To leave, lay or put down, place before, present, refer, submit, place in nomination, file, deposit,
set aside, exclude, evacuate, abdicate, desist, cease, stop, omit, ...
I do not want chips, set (them) aside.
I donʻt want chips, omit (them).
I donʻt want chips, leave (them out).
KarinLynn1
233
OK, THAT makes sense (leave them out, as in don't include them), but the given translation ("you can leave (it)") makes NO sense at all to me.
oruga_fantasma
1038
I don't understand. Why would I ask for something I don't want to be left - instead of taken away?