Larry Lindsey Kimura (born June 29, 1946)[1] is a Hawaiian linguist.
Larry was born in Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, U.S.A., between his Nisei father Hisao Kimura, who had immigrated from Hiroshima, Japan, and his Hawaiian mother, Elizabeth Lindsey, who had been brought up in a predominantly Hawaiian-speaking family.
[2] Kimura has been an advocate for the revival of the once-prestigious Hawaiian language from its near-endangered state, he was a co-founder of ʻAha Pūnana Leo.
[3][4] Astronomers consulted with Kimura to create Hawaiian names for notable stellar objects discovered or imaged from Hawaii.
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