Letʻs review the vocabulary from the story. Repeat after me.
Nā ʻōlelo Pōkole, expressions
- i kēia manawa = at this time
- i kekahi manawa = sometimes
- ma luna o = on top of, or above
- ma kahi o = approximately, near to, literally: near the place of
- like ʻole = of all different kinds
- ma ʻaneʻi = here at this place
- ma laila = at that place we just mentioned
- no laila = for that reason just mentioned, therefore
- a pau = completely
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Nā Kikino, or noun-like words
- he mokupuni = an island
- he moku = a land division or sometimes an island
- he inoa = a name
- he mauna = a mountain
- he pua = a flower
- he home = a home [same as English]
- he makeima = a macadamia nut or mac nut tree
- he kope = coffee or coffee tree
- he mīkana = a papaya or papaya tree (Hawaiʻi island dialect)
- he huaʻai = a fruit
- he malihini = a visitor, someone unfamiliar with a place
- he nahele = a forest
- ke kai = the sea
- ka uka = the upland
- he kahua mokulele = an airport
- he hale kūʻai = a store
- he hale ʻaina = a restaurant
- he kauhale = a group of buildings, a village or small town
- he ʻōhiʻa = a tall strong tree that is affiliated with Pele and Hawaiʻi island
- he hale = a house
- he lehua = a blossom of the ʻōhiʻa tree; usually red; fig. strength
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ʻAʻano, adverbs and adjectives
- nui = alot, much, large
- pau = finished (not quite the same as “a pau”)
- kaulana = well known, famous
- kahiko = ancient
- loa = all the way, long, far, very
- nani = pretty, beautiful
- huikau = confused
- maikaʻi = good
- uluwehiwehi = adorned by natural beauty, verdant growth
- mālie = calm, tranquil, gently
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Inoa, proper names
- Hawaiʻi – the name of the island, which gives its name to the state
- Hawa-ʻi – an often heard alternate to the complete pronunciation
- Moku o Keawe = a poetic name for Hawaiʻi island
- Pele = goddess of the volcano who lives presently on Hawaiʻi
- Halemaʻumaʻu = the crater in Kīlauea where Pele makes her home
- Kīlauea = the active volcano on the side of Mauna Loa mountain
- Mauna Loa = the long, 13,677 foot high mountain which dominates the southern end of the island
- Mauna Kea = The 13,796 foot high mountain on Hawaiʻi known for its dusting with snow at certain times of the year, and its international observatories atop.
- Poliʻahu = the goddess of Mauna Kea and its snow
- Pāka = the name of the ranch known in English as “The Parker Ranch”
The following are all districts on Hawaiʻi island. Let’s say each one twice.
- Hilo, Puna, Kaʻū, Kona Hema, Kona ʻĀkau, Waimea, Kohala, Hāmākua
- Kona = a name given to the dry, or leeward, sides of each of the islands
- Koʻolau = a name given to the windward, or rainy, sides of the island
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Nā Hamani a me nā Hehele, action words
- huakaʻi = to travel, journey
- noho = to live; to sit; to stay
- nānā = to look, observe
- ʻike = to see, to know
- makemake = to wish for something, to desire, to want
- holoholo = to travel about
- ulu = to grow, as a plant grows
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