Zoology

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ahole

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-to strip away
- strip away evil spirits
-used in mawaewae ceremonies and offered to god lono for fertility
-preggo women would not eat it
-buried it under post of house to rid of any evil spirits
-used hana aloha expression "the fish is the ahole, the lestless is the love

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aku

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to go
type of tuna,
migratory fish
no fishing for opelu, only aku for a few months

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'alaea

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sea salt diluted with volcanic clay forms of lava
found in kauai from the heavy rain
used for blessing and purifying

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'ama'ama

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mullet raised in lo'i ? taro plant
given after hula school along with kumu

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'anae holo

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to flee
preggo women did not eat this because the yfeared the babys spirit would flee
mullet who would travel

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a'u

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billfish, swordsfish, marlins
were not caught to eat : they damaged the canoes
were caught when preparing to sacrifice before war
- used aku as bait
used the nose to make swords
fish was feared because it was hard to bring in

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aweoweo

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big eyes red fish
when traveled in a school usually indicated royal death
with its red color became visible at night

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hilu

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well behaved
if preggo women desired this, child might be well behaved
teeth used in sash , along with people bones whose man was desired
stuck umbilical cord in mouth so they can be well behaved

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hinalea

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wrasses= color changing fish
-lauwili :saddle wrasses
- carnivorous
- active all day
- busy all night
- often left out to decompose before eaten (i'a ho'omelu)
ipu kai hinalea: breath smells like rotten fish
used as a chaser after 'awa
loko i'a: fish pond full of hinalea caught with nets
used to make women preggo

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hinalea akilolo

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brain nibbler
used to help with headaches and dementia

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honu

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first honu created in Lanai
honu'ea: hawks beak
honu maoli: green sea turtle
Kauila of Punaluu: diving spring
shell used as a "kahi scrapper" = "ahi"

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'inamona

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relish used on raw fish
made out of kukui nuts and alaea

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ipu holoholona

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container used to carry the hooks of the fishermen
tackle box, floats in the water

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kala

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to set free - unicorn fish
- api: feeding basket of the limu kala and sweet potato
-used right side of skin for pun in knee drum surface
left side= "hema" would be "hemahema" or awkward

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kokala

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-porcupine fish
-edible after removing the skin and all the organs
-maka kokala: would hide the piko or placenta in leaves of kokala tree : to have long thorny eyelashes

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kole

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gold ringed unicorn
put under post east side of the house to bless the house represents good luck
- kole maka oanom
- eyes,sweet
eaten raw everything except the bones

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kumu

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white saddle goldfish
fish often rotten
offered and eaten after
often left out to decompose
used as a chaser sfter drinking 'awa
red fish off limits to women
given at the end of hula school along with 'ama'ama

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limu kala

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set free or to loosen
made leis to ask for forgiveness or to free of sickness
for sickness let waves wash lei to wash the sickness away
ho'ponopono: used limu kala and salt water to ask for forgiveness to kahuna
used as medicine to be used on cuts and scrapes \
used in mawaewae ceremonies

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limu make o hana

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death seaweed of Hana, Maui
found in tidepool of Hana
shark man threw in tidepool
poisonous used on tip of spears

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loulu

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"to reach" seaweed file fish
the poisonous fish
used in 'ama ' ama to pick someone out for death
off limits because of this
"lou" : picking pole

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manini

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striped fish
comes from the mucus of humpback whales
hupe kohola : young manini
hupe : mucus
kohola: humpback
dried baby manini: pupu ni'au

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mano

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 mano kihiki: hammerhead
 niuhi: great white or tiger shark
 keku’iapoiwa
o if mom ate sharks eye, strength for child
- kiholo= big fish hooks
- shark wrestling
- kupalupalu mano
o tire out, then drag in backwards
o sacrificed
- mano skin used for drum surface or sandpaper
- teeth used in weapon “nihio’oki= knife
- shark months= when wili wili blossoms
o oct, nov, or when sun is low in the sky
- “the niuhi shark devours all on land”
o powerful warrior

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pa'akai

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solid ocean : salt
o kahekaheka pa’akai
-pools made to collect salt
- kaheka= tide pool

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pakaiea

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sea lettuce
- blood leaves
- bright green
- used to wrap fish while still at sea
- used by kukini (swift runners) to wrap fresh fish to return to chief
- off limits to those with shark as aumakua
-some people were guided by sharks to Hawaii
-kua: main shark
- mano kanaka
- human being form, mated with princess
-boy was born shark child, girl human
- carried to ocean from mountain, wrapped in pakaiea to keep wet

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palaoa

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sperm whale
- feed on giant squid at 4000-10000 feet
- whale teeth hooks
- lei niho: whale teeth and human hair of person’s with good desired mana

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poho aho

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fishing line container

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uhu

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parrot fish
- 7 types
- can change sex
- big aggressive female replaces last dominant male
- panunu= star eyed
o has individual teeth
- uhu palukaluka
o biggest uhu
o name means “to go #2”
- uhumaka’ikai= traveling parrot fish
o big fish leaves and brings back line of fish
- uhu= sweetheart fish
o playful fish, travel together
- if you see them playing, means wife was cheating

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ulua

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man
- attractive man =then and now still
- fish was sacrificed in place of man
- large

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weke

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“open”, goat fish
- used in house blessing during open house, eaten after party
o opens door of house
- open your mind to release evil thoughts
- truth will be “opened” revealed, mysteries of life
- weke ‘ula= led, tastiest
- weke’a: square dot goat fish

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weke pueo

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bandtail goatfish
- nightmare fish
- toxins in it cause hallucinations
- ate the ghost warriors of pahulu
- pueo on land= hawaaian owl