The region in heaven that seems remote when looking up into the sky. I thought to have contained a ''track'' which the sun traveled on until it set beneath the ocean. The orbits of the moon and stars were also thought to be in the same region. The earth was thought to be solid and motionless.
luna o ke ao
The region in the sky where the clouds float.
luna a'e
Area just above one's head when standing upright.
Ka Honua
The place where we stand. Thought to have been solid, fixed, and unmoving, as the sun, moon and stars orbited around the earth.
lalo, i lalo
The place below where we stand.
lalo o ka lepo
underground
ʻAkau
North
Kona
Leeward
Koʻolau
Windward
Komohana
West
Hema
South
Hikina a ka lā
East
Mauna
Mountain
Kahakai
beach
wao maʻukele
rainforest
apapa
reef
lāʻau
plant
ʻulu
breadfruit
uhi
yam
niu
coconut
kī (lāʻī)
tī plant
ʻuala
sweet potato
maiʻa
banana
pahu
drums
Mahina
moon
Lono
pole and torch fishing, no planting
Kanaloa
god of the underworld and teacher of magic. called upon when sailing
loko iʻa
fish ponds
ʻauwai
irrigation ditch system
loʻi
taro pondfields
ʻahuʻula
cape
haumāna
live off the land?
mahiole
feathered helmet
kūkailimoku
hawaiian war god, aka Kū
mamo
native hawaiian bird
kīhei
cape
hula kahiko
hula composed before 1893
ʻaumakua
family god
ʻohe kāpala
printing designs, final stages of making tapa and kapa