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Hawaiian
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Undergraduate 1
04/13/2009

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Term
hula ku’i
Definition
new and old dance steps as one
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hula kahiko
Definition
old form
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ahu’ula
Definition
featherd capes
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kahili
Definition
symbol of highest royalty
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lei hulu
Definition
feather leis
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kapa
Definition
main clothing
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pa’u
Definition
skirt
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malo
Definition
loin cloth
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‘i’iwi
Definition
common red bird
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mamo
Definition
highly prized feather, brownish black-golden or orange yellow
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holo mai pele
Definition
goddess epic of the hawaiia people
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hi’iaka
Definition
patron goddess of hawaii and hula
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mea no’eau
Definition
skillfully crafted works (art)
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hana no’eau
Definition
function and aestetic value within a single object
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Po’owai
Definition
water head or source
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‘auwai-man-made
Definition
irrigation ditch that carries the water from the kahawai to lo‘i and then back to the kahawai
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kahawai
Definition
stream
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the mahele
Definition
modernization under kam 3 1848. distribution of land
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ko’olau
Definition
winward
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basalt rock
Definition
a type of volcanic rock
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‘Ahupua’a
Definition
divisions of land that ran from the mountains to the reefs
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Loko i’a kuapā-
Definition
most popular fishpond made with rock walls. Ex. Heia
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Loko iʻa kalo
Definition
fish ponds in the kalo patches
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Loko iʻa puʻu one
Definition
fishponds made by sandbar walled off ex. Kaneohe Bay
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Mākāhā
Definition
wooden gates in the fishponds used to equalize alinity
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Konohiki
Definition
esser chiefs to take charge over the ahupuaa, made sure
everything went smoothly
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Lo’i
Definition
a wetland, taro terrace, ranged in 15x20ft to a whole acre, main
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Waiwai
Definition
wealth in Hawaiian, the more water in the ahupuaa, the richer
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Kai
Definition
seawater
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Wao Akua
Definition
part of the forest where the gods live
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