Welcome to the Keiki Korner of the Wakinikona
Hawaiian Club. One of the missions of our club charter is to
perpetuate the Hawaiian Culture and in many ways we do that through the
teaching of our Keikis (children).
Explore the pages in this section of our website to learn
more about your Hawaiian heritage, our unique language and the islands
we call Home.
Here is a little Geography lesson with some of the things
you may not have known about our island home:
Map of the Hawaiian Islands
Hawai'i (The Big Island)
Color: Red
Flower:
Lehua
Kaho'olawe (The unforgotten Isle, formerly the Target
Isle)
Color: Gray
Flower: hinahina
See an Image of Kaho'olawe with Maui and Lanai from Outer
Space
(Courtesy of NASA)
Here!!
Lana'i (The Pineapple Isle)
Color: Yellow
Flower: kauna'oa
Maui (The Valley Isle)
Color: Pink
Flower: Lokelani
Moloka'i (The Friendly Isle)
Color: Green
Flower: White Kukui Blossom
Niihau (The Distant Isle, formerly the Forbidden Isle)
Color: White
Flower: None...pupu, (little white snail shells)
O'ahu (The Gathering Place)
Color: Yellow
Flower: Ilima
Kaua'i (The Garden Isle)
Color: Purple
Flower: mokihana (green berry)
Source: Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H.,
Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University Of
Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1986.
Colors
| Red |
`ula `ula
(ooh' lah ooh' lah) |
| Yellow |
melemele (meh'
leh meh' leh) |
| Purple |
poni
(poh' nee) |
| Blue |
polu (poh
LOO) |
| Black |
`ele `ele
(eh' leh eh' leh) |
| Orange |
`Alani
(ah lah' nee) |
| Pink |
`âkala
(AH kah' lah) |
| White |
ke`oke`o (keh' oh keh) |
| Gray |
`âhinahina (AH
hee nah hee' nah) |
| Green |
`ôma`oma`o (OH'
mah' oh mah') |
Animal Names
| Lizard |
ke mo`o |
| Turtle |
ka honu |
| Pony |
ka pone, ka lio `u`uku
(the horse tiny/small) |
| Cat |
ka pôpoki
|
| Dog |
ka `îlio |
| Goose |
ka nênê |
| Parrot |
ka manu aloha |
Sea life
| Shark |
ka manô |
| Salmon |
ke kamanô |
| Jellyfish |
ka pa`i - malau |
| Eel |
ka puhi |
| Seal |
ka ` îlio-holo-i-ka-uaua
(the quadruped running in the rough (seas))
ka hui
|
| Swordfish |
ke a`u |
| Dolphin |
ka nai`a or ka nu`ao
|
| Whale |
ke koholâ |
| Octopus |
ka he`e or ke `awe
|
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