ahupua'a - A land division usually extending from the uplands to the sea.
'aina - land, earth
anuenue - rainbow
ali'i - royalty
ali'i nui - highest chief or king
Anaeho'omalu - A bay in South Kohala on the Big Island with a beautiful beach, lagoon and a large petroglyph field.
halau - long house for hula instruction, hula school
hanau - birth
he'e nalu - to surf
hinahina -heliotropum anomalum - a native shoreline plant
hoe wa'a - to paddle a canoe
hoku le'a - the star of gladness, Arcturus (hoku - star le'a - joy, happiness)
honu - sea turtle
hula - the hula, to dance the hula, a hula dancer
i'a - fish, any marine animal
ie'ie - Freycinetia arborea - a climbing vine in the high forest. Its air roots provide a very
strong fiber used to weave baskets, fish traps and war helmets.
'ilio - dog
'iwa - Thief, also the Hawaiian name for the great frigate bird. The iwa bird harasses other
sea birds until they drop their fish, which the iwa catches in mid air.
kahuna - priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard
kahuna ha ha - an expert in diagnosing health problems
kahuna lapa'au - healer
kahuna a'o - teaching preacher, sorcerer
kahuna 'ana 'ana - sorcerer, one who practices black magic
kahuna ka lai wa'a - canoe builder
kahuna ki'i - a caretaker of images
kai - the ocean, ocean currents
kalo - taro - colocasia esculenta - The leaves and tubers are used for food.
kama hele - traveler
kane - man, male
Kapala'oa - An area of North Kona on the Big Island with a large petroglyph field, caves and ruins.
kapu - tabu, prohibited, sacred
koa - soldier, warrior, brave, also the name of a native hardwood tree - acacia koa
kukini - runner, a swift messenger
lawai'a - fisherman, to fish
lei - a garland or necklace of flowers
lo'i - an irrigated terrace, especially for kalo
maile - alixia olivaeformis, a native vine with fragrant bark used to make leis
makai - toward the ocean
makau - fish hook
mauka - towards the mountain
Mauna Loa - Long mountain, the second tallest mountain in Hawai'i at13,680 feet in elevation, also the world's largest mountain in volume. It is larger than the entire Sierra Madre range.
Mauna Kea - White mountain, the tallest mountain in Hawai'i at 13,796 feet in elevation, it often has a snow cap in the winter. Also the world's tallest mountain if measured from the ocean floor, where it originates.
mo'a - chicken, rooster
mo'o - lizard, gecko, skink, dragon
niu - coconut, especially a drinking coconut
nui - great, large
ohana - family
olona - touchardia latifolia, the strongest natural fiber
piko - belly button, a hole in stone where a child's umbilicus is placed
pua'a - pig
Puu Loa - An area in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park with an extensive petroglyph field.
wa'a - canoe, furrow
wahine - woman, female
wai - fresh water