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Hawaiian
UH Manoa HWST107 Mid Term 1
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02/18/2009
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Term
cargo of voyaging canoes
 Definition
'ulu, 'awa, kalo, niu
Term
Nainoa Thompson
 Definition
Founder of Polynesian Voyaging Society
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pwo
 Definition
lesser navigator
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paluw
 Definition
master navigator
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wa'a
 Definition
canoe
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hoe wa'a
 Definition
oarsman
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lawai'a
 Definition
fisherman
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halau
 Definition
canoe house
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papa
 Definition
father of the islands
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wakea
 Definition
mother of the islands
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Ho'ohokukalani
 Definition
daughter of papa & wakea
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Haloa
 Definition
Son of Papa & Wakea
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malama
 Definition
adopt
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'aina
 Definition
land
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ni'aupi'o
 Definition
offspring
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'aikapu
 Definition
related to mo'olelo (the 3 lessons)
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la'a & haumia
 Definition
sacred and unclean
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mana
 Definition
morality
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pono
 Definition
morality
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punalua
 Definition
sharing spouses
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Haumea
 Definition
mother of Ku, god of war, politics and growth
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La'ila'i
 Definition
woman in mo'olelo
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Hina
 Definition
Goddess from mo'olelo
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Mo'olelo
 Definition
3 lessons
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Hi'iaka
 Definition
First part of the names of sisters of Pele
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Pele
 Definition
Volcano goddess
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Kane
 Definition
Forest God of forgiveness
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Lono
 Definition
Peace God of peace and fertiolity
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Kanaloa
 Definition
Ocean God of healing and purification
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Maka'ai'nana
 Definition
Common people bottom of class pyramid
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Kaukau Ali'i
 Definition
Lower ranking Ali'i
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Kahuna
 Definition
same level as Kaukau Ali'i
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Konohiki
 Definition
Controlled land and sea rights on same level as Kaukau Ali'i and Kahuna
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Ali'i Nui
 Definition
Above Kaukau Ali'i
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Kahuna Nui
 Definition
same level as Ali'i Nui
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Mo'i
 Definition
below Akua, above Ali'i Nui and Kahuna Nui
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Akua
 Definition
Highest level of Kapu
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Kapu
 Definition
highest level of Mana
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noa
 Definition
lowest level of Mana
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Kalaimoku
 Definition
one who manages affairs of the island (moku)
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Moku
 Definition
island
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Aupuni
 Definition
government worker
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Liloa
 Definition
lie lazily around
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Umi
 Definition
strangled, killed
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Hakau
 Definition
to fight
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makuakane
 Definition
male parent, father
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makuahine
 Definition
female parent, mother
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hanai
 Definition
feed/nourish the young
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kuleana
 Definition
owned or possesed
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kama'aina
 Definition
born of the land and continue to live on the land
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malihini
 Definition
stranger
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