Glossary of Hawaiian Words

aina. Land. anuenue. Rainbow . awa. Kava, the kava plant , the root of w hich makes a narcot ic beverage in Polynesia; the beverage itself. Ewa. Name of area and also a village on Oahu, and west of Honolulu. A lso used locally to refer to the direction towards ewa . hale. house. hepu'u. A tree fern that grows in Hawaii. hulihuli. To turn over. Hulthuli chicken is chicken broiled by turn ing over a charcoal fi re. ka. (or ke) , the . (Used befo re noun s as an article, e.g . ka sine, the tand .) kala koa. Multi-colored, calico . Ka Leo 0 Hawaii. " The Voice (teo) of Hawaii," the University of Hawaii at Manoa student newspaper. Ka Leo was also the name of a Royalist newspaper in the 1800's . kala. Taro. Refers, therefore to wet land; see kula. Ka Palapala. " The book." University of Hawaii at Manoa student yearbook . Students also called it "Kepep. r r kiawe. The algaroba tree; many kiawe trees grew on the Manoa site before the University was established, and many sti ll grow on the campus. Konohiki. Land rights holder. kula. Dry (land) . An act of 1884 made a distinction between kula (dry) land and kala (taro, therefore wet) land. mahiole. Feather helmet. makahiki. An annual Hawaiian festival that began about midOctober and contin ued for about four months. makai. Toward the sea, opposite of mauka. mauka . Toward the inland, oppo site of makai. mo'o. A lizard, wat er spirit . pali. Cliff. peruru. Prickly pear cactus (that was on campus site befo re the College of Hawaii was established.l ulu. Breadfruit . Waikiki. As a directional term means in the direction of Waikiki.