Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 8, 1 August 1998 — Haʻawina Huaʻōlelo [ARTICLE]

Haʻawina Huaʻōlelo

awawa — valley hale wili laiki — rice mill Hi'ilawe — waterfall inWaipi'o hoihoi — interested, interesting huliau — turning point, time of change Kahiki — any far-ojf plaee, also Tahiti kanu — to plant, burry kapuahi 'ailahonua — kerosene stove kūkulu — to build, erect Līloa — 16th century mō'ī ofHawai'i island mō'ī — king, queen, supreme ruler Nāpo'opo'o — literally, "the holes." Inland section ofWaipi'o, Hawai'i; district in South Kona. Pa'ao — priestfrom Kahiki who intro duced Ku worship and luakini heiau to Hawai 'i uluwehi — lush, verdant Umialiloa — Son of Liloa. He defeated his corrupt half-brother Hakau and ruled over Hawai'i. His mother, a maka'ainana with distant ali'i ties, was 'Akahiakuleana.