Pāpā ʻŌlelo: Moʻolelo Haʻina ʻElua

Kuau, Māui

Moʻolelo Me Hui Pūʻia

(Words with translation)

Haʻina:

Hamani:

ka heluhelu - to read

ka hoʻopili mai - to imitate

ka ʻai - to eat

ka inu - to drink

ka huki - to pull, tug (like rope);  to draw;  stretch;  reach;  politically support

ka kui - to string lei or fish

ka kanu - to plant; bury; to set in ground

ka holoi - to wash;  clean;  scour

ka hana - to work;  make

ka holoi ā nalo - to erase completely as in a blackboard

ka mea holoi - to wash, as in laundry;  eraser

ka hoʻoholoi - to have washed, as in car wash, dry cleaner, etc

Mea Hoʻohālikelike

1. Hana ʻo Keoki i ka loko ʻia. - Keoki works at the fishpond.
2. Heluhelu nā haumāna kēlā mau puke. - The students read those books.
3. Holoi ā nalo ke kumu i ka papa ʻeleʻele. - The teacher completely erased the blackboard.
4. Kanu ʻo Wākea kana keikikāne o Hāloa. - Wākea planted his boy Hāloa.