The 1865 "Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language," compiled by Lorrin Andrews, shows the pronunciation as ha-o-le. A popular belief is that the word is properly written and pronounced as "hāole", literally meaning "no breath," because foreigners did not know or use the "honi" ("hongi" in Māori), a Polynesian greeting by touching nose to nose and inhaling or essentially sharing each other's breaths, and so the foreigners were described as "breathless". The implication is not only that foreigners are aloof and ignorant of local ways, but also literally have no spirit or life within.