Question

It’s not Amharic, but the term for double meanings in this language’s poetry is analogized to “putting feather on our words” in Brandy McDougall’s books. A poet of many “name songs” in this language wrote a poem addressed to a lawn sprinkler while under house arrest. Slam poet Jamaica Osorio titled her most famous piece after this language’s “creation chant,” whose 16 “eras” begin with the “slime which (15[1])established the (15[1])earth,” proceed (15[1])through fish and birds, and end with a royal (*) genealogy. (10[1])This language’s word for sugar cane and the Japanese word for song, bushi, name a folk genre collected by Harry Urata. The epic Kumulipo was translated from this language by a 19th-century (10[1])monarch whose prolific output as a composer and poet (10[2])in this language (10[1])includes a song that repeats (10[1])“Farewell to thee, farewell (10[1])to (10[1])thee.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this language used by Lili‘uokalani. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Hawaiian language [or ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i] (The word in the first sentence is kaona. The genre is Holehole bushi. The song is “Aloha ‘Oe.”)
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%20%0%116.07

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence6715
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneBHSU B6915
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A7115
Victor PavaoLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer8110
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUWe Need New Names11310
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Dyatlov Passement incident12210
Daniel MaThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH12210
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet12510
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamLisan al-Quib13010
Eric ChenBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyMindgoblin of Little Hobbes13410
Gareth ThorlaksonThe Empire Bikes Backit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown13510
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything13610
Nikhil DesaiFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!var merchants14510
Charles HangLes MissourablesNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)14510
Iain CarpenterAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretThe Oldest Men in the World14610