Because these Chinese men did not bring any Chinese women along with them, they took in Hawaiian wives instead, and frequently, adopting Chinese-Hawaiian surnames like Akaka, Ahina, etc, in which words of Chinese origin are pronounced with a soft Hawaiian tone.
They became assimilated and created Chinese-Hawaiian surnames like Akaka, Ahina, etc, in which words of Chinese origin are pronounced with a soft Hawaiian tone. Because these Chinese men did not bring any Chinese women along with them, they took Hawaiian wives instead.
Because these Chinese men did not bring any Chinese women along with them, they took Hawaiian wives instead. They became assimilated and created Chinese-Hawaiian surnames like Akaka, Ahina, etc, in which words of Chinese origin are pronounced with a soft Hawaiian tone.
Because these Chinese men did not bring any Chinese women along with them, they took Hawaiian wives instead. They became assimilated and created Chinese-Hawaiian surnames like Akaka, Ahina, etc, in which words of Chinese origin are pronounced with a soft Hawaiian tone.