Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 14, Number 10, 1 October 1997 — PAPA HUA ʻŌLELO (vocabulary) [ARTICLE]

PAPA HUA ʻŌLELO (vocabulary)

'Auwai o Waiāhole: Waiāhole stream ho'iho'i: to return something to where it camefrom ho'okahewai: to cause water toflow, irrigate kānāwai: law, regulation Kona: leeward, lee side ofKo'olau laulima: cooperative work, lit. "many hands" mo'omeheu: culture (newly coined word) nā kuleana ku'una o nā Hawai'i: the inherited responsihilities of the Hawaiians 'oihana mahikō: sugar industry ( mahi=to cultivate, kō=sugar eane)