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Hawaiian Society:

 

 

Chiefly Class

Ali‘i

 

Warriors

Koa

 

Priests, Experts

Kahuna

 

Commoners

Maka‘ainana

 

Outcasts, Slaves

Kauwa

 

Men

Kane

 

Women

Wahine

 

Grandparent

Kupuna

Also used for elders generally

Parent

Makua

 

Child

Keiki

 

Eldest Sibing

Ka Hiapo

 

Siblings

Kaikua‘ana;
Kaikaina;
Kaikunane
Kaikuahine

Older sibling of same sex;
Younger sibling of same sex;
Brother, to the sister
Sister, to the brother.

Grandchild

Mo‘opuna

 

Genealogy

Ku‘auhau,
Mo‘o Ku‘auhau

 

 

 

 

Domestic Geography:

 

 

Place (locality)

Wahi; kahi; Kaha; Kauwahi;Kulana

 

House

Hale

General term for a structure

Home

Kauhale

The group of structures that comprise a Hawaiian home.

Yard (enclosure)

Pa

 

Food

Mea ‘ai

 

Cook

Ho‘omo‘a;
‘Olala, Lala;
Kahu, Kahuna

General term;
Over a fire;
In an oven

Traditional Earth Oven

Imu

 

Bark Cloth

Kapa

 

 

 

 

Other Terms Used:

 

 

Cave

Ana, lua;
Lua pao

General terms;
Burial Cave

Life

Ola

 

Way of Life

Nohona

 

Rightness

Pono

Order; "as things should be"; morality

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