Wikipedia:Nā lula kepela

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To ensure consistency in spelling (kepela), please follow the following guidelines regarding spelling of Hawaiian words. These guidelines were proposed by ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i in 1978.^[1]

1. E pela i nā hua ‘ōlelo me ke kepela ho‘okahi wale nō.
   Spell every word in one way only.
2. Mai pela me nā kiko moe.
   Spell without hyphens.
3. E pela me nā hua palapala malihini aia nō ā e ho‘opuka nā mānaleo i pēlā.
   Spell with foreign letters only when the word is consistently pronounced that way by native speakers.
4. E ho‘oka‘awale i nā ‘inaleo mai kāna hua ‘ōlelo ma hope.
   Separate prepositions from their following word.
5. E ho‘ohana he hua ‘ōlelo ho‘okahi no nā ho‘opōkole‘ana.
   Use one word for contractions.
6. E ho‘ohana i /w/ no ka leokanipū (wē); ‘a‘ole ho‘ohana i /w/ no ka ‘ōlali.
   Use /w/ to represent the consonant, not the glide.
7. E ho‘oma‘aka i nā inoa āpau.
   Capitalize all words that are used as names.
8. Write a compound term as one word if the meaning is not evident from its parts.

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1. ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena and Samuel H. Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1986.