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[Facts] Re: Who knows something about Hawaiian names?
Is the Rose component a reference to the usual garden variety of rose - thorns, smells pretty, gave its name to medieval wars? Because if so, the name must surely be a modern one ... unless roses are somehow indigenous to Hawaii. Or does it have a more generic meaning, the way "apple" is a generic word for fruit, much used for things like pineapples which really don't resemble an apple at all?
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Yes, it is modern. Loke is the Hawaiian word for rose in the usual sense, and is simply the Hawaiianized version of the English word "rose". R changes to L and S changes to K to match the Hawaiian alphabet.
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