kanaka

1. nvs., Human being, man, person, individual, party, mankind, population; subject, as of a chief; laborer, servant, helper; attendant or retainer in a family (often a term of affection or pride); human sacrifice (FS 111); physique; human, manly, pregnant, inhabited; Hawaiian; private individual or party, as distinguished from the government.

Related:

• hoʻokanaka Caus/sim.; Manly, human, courageous; to become a servant or helper; to assume human shape, as a child in the womb.

  • See hoʻokanaka makua.

  • E hoʻokanaka, be a man.

  • E hoʻokanaka ʻoukou, ʻaʻole e hoʻonāwaliwali kō ʻoukou mau lima (2 Oihn. 15.7), be strong, let your hands not be weak.

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lewa

1. n., Sky, atmosphere, space, air, upper heavens; aerial.

ʻaina

n. Land, earth.

“Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono”

The life of the land is preserved in righteousness.(motto of Hawaiʻi)

kai

1. nvs., Sea, sea water; area near the sea, seaside, lowlands; tide, current in the sea; insipid, brackish, tasteless.

wai

1. nvs., Water, liquid or liquor of any kind other than sea water

Ka ʻhonua

1. nvs., Land, earth, world; background, as of quilt designs; basic, at the foundation, fundamental

The natural world

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