Hawaiian Vocabulary
- Alae
- Hawaiian coot=Àlae-keòkeň (Fulica americana alai ).
- Currently listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and
- Wildlife Service.
- Elemio
- Be quick! Take a chance!
- Hinahina
- Silversword plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.
- macrocephalum
), a rare yuccalike plant which grows
- only in Hawaii on the islands of Maui and Hawaii. Currently
- listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Kalo
- Taro plant (Colocasia esculenta L. ), from which poi is made.
- Kapa
- Tapa bark cloth, usually made from wauke , or paper mulberry
- (Broussonetia papyrifera L. ).
- Luna
- "The boss;" person in charge.
- Wiliwili
- A native Hawaiian leguminous tree (Erythrina
- sandwicensis
), found on lava flows and other dry areas,
- whose wood is used in making outrigger floats for canoes.
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