Na Hiku ("The Seven"): This constellation of seven stars arcs around Hoku-paía farther out than Holopuni. Lewis, David. Lewis, David. In 1978, 19 years after becoming the 50th state of the United States, native Hawaiian was recognized as the official state language of Hawaii. rising star. The haole name for this star is Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris). Pukui-Elbert define mole as "tap root," "bottom," "ancestral root," "foundation, " "source"; "smooth" or "bald" [Makemson's "barren"]; "to linger," "to loiter." In Micronesia, 'Iwa is seen as a fish or porpoise (Johnson and Mahelona). Hiku-kahi and Hiku-['a]lua point north toward Hokupa‘a. Kupahu remarks: 'The character of this star is blindness, and it shows a whiteness when observed in the night. ‘Iwa Keli‘i ("Chief Frigate Bird," a new name for Cassiopeia): ‘Iwa refers to the M (or W) shaped figure in the constellation known in the West as Cassiopeia; The Frigate Bird, soaring above has an M or W shape: The 'iwa (man-of-war bird), like the noio (Hawaiian tern) and the manu-o-ku (white tern), were helpful in locating islands, as they fly out to fish in the morning and return to their islands in the evening. Lupe is also a sting ray, which looks like a kite with a tail. Hoku'ula ("Red star") or Kapuahi ("Sacred fire"): This giant red star appears after Makali‘i and Hokulei in the Hawaiian sky. When it comes to Hawaiian names, they are no less as they are connected with nature, beauty, and adventure. The cluster of seven stars is called the Pleiades in the west. One was Ruhi-te-rangi or Pekehawani, the personification of summer languour [ruhi], the other Whak-aonge-kai, She-who-makes food scarce before the new crops can be harvested. Dipha is in a direct line south from Algenib/Pi‘ilani, and so students can remember Dipha as Pi‘ikea, daughter of Pi‘ilani, very easily. Haka Malanai = S by E, La Kona = W by S Keoe, Keoea, Keho'oea are traditional Hawaiian names: "Keoe is a Hawaiian name which Alexander believes was applied to Vega (Alpha Lyrae); but Kupahu describes it as a group of four stars forming a diamond. Kau-opae: "name for Sirius as patron of shrimp fishing"--M); [Hoku-ho'okele-wa'a" ("Canoe-guiding star"--J & M); Kaulu-lena, Kaulua-lena ("Yellow star"), or Lena; Kaulua[-i-ha'i-mohai] or [-a-ha'i-mohai] ("Flower of the heavens"ÑM). Later he returned to the Hawaiian archepelago and settled in Kaua‘i where he mated with a Kaua‘i Ali‘i Nui wabine, becoming Mō‘i of that island and ancestor of Kaua‘i Ali‘i. alaula. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. Ka Makau Nui o Maui ("The Big Fishhook of Maui"): This constellation is also called Manaiakalani. Due to font limitations, macrons are represented with an underline. (Hawai‘i is the northernmost islands of the Polynesian Triangle.) Other Hawaiian names: Mahau ("Twins"-M), [Ka-]Mahana ("Twins"), Na Hoku-Mahana, and Na-lalani-a-Pili-lua ("The lines of the clinging ones"-J & M). The haole name for this star is Acrux (Alpha Crucis). They twisted and turned, but soon the string holding Kauahoa's kite broke, and it flew away, landing in a distant forest. The wayfinder memorizes the position of stars on the celestial sphere in order to use them as directional clues when they rise and set. In Micronesia, 'Iwa is seen as a fish or porpoise (Johnson and Mahelona).\, KE KA O MAKALI'I ("The Canoe-Bailer of Makali'i"). He could fly great distances and was originally from Borabora. The name was given because the star group resembles a pattern created in the traditional Hawaiian string game called Hei or Hei-hei. The haole name for this star is Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri). And, since Kaua‘i Ali‘i had the highest rank of all the islands, it is appropriate to name Alpheratz, with the highest declination of the Great Square stars, for the most famous ancestor of Kaua‘i Ali‘i. Edited by Martha Beckwith. (See “The Celestial Sphere” for an explanation of the NCP and SCP.) It is composed of mostly ginger and shoyu (soy sauce). Three alignments in Ka Makau Nui o Maui are meridian pointers to the south. The haole name for this constellation shaped like a fishhook is Scorpius. A wayfinder uses many more stars than those listed in the four star groups above; while many more stars were probably named and known in ancient Hawai‘i, their names have been lost. The brightest star in the Triangle is Keoe, or Rapanui (Vega), near the top edge of the chart; the bright star directly above NE is Pira'e-tea / Hawaiki (Deneb). The string figure which the configuration of stars most closely resembles goes by the names of "hoku" ("star"), "spider," or "kohe ekemu" ("embrace me"), a continuation of the figure "po" ("night," which represents a starry night and allows the player to make the stars appear, as in the evening, and disappear, as at dawn). This star line runs from Hoku-pa'a at the north celestial pole to Hanai-a-ka-malama near the south celestial pole. Hiki-analia ("Hiki" could mean star; "analia" means ? The haole name for this star is Shaula (Lambda Scorpii). phr. The shank of the fishhook is upright, with the bright star Lehua-kona (Antares) directly above the point of the hook, which contains the bright star called Maka (Shaula). In the West, the two pairs are seen as the points of the shoulders and knees of Orion; the row of three stars is seen as Orion's belt. "A celestial beacon marking the northern destination in the long voyages from the Marquesas and Tahiti to Hawai'i as the zenith star" (Johnson and Mahelona 5). To the left ‘A‘a, but at a little lower altitude is Puana ("Blossom")/Procyon. Errai or Alrai, in the constellation Cepheus is used for estimating latitude: In the chart below, Errai is the dim star between N and the NCP and Hokupa‘a. In Tonga, the three stars are seen as three canoe paddlers (Kyselka 48). "Honua" means "land" or "earth." The steersman throws Humu's two sons overboard; they swim behind the stars known as Humu-ma and are rescued by their father, who sails in the last canoe with the King; Humu and his two sons reach Kaua'i, while the rest of the canoes are lost at sea. Since Cassiopeia is the female counterpart of Cepheus, the king, it is perhaps appropriate to name one of the stars in this group for a famous female akua. phr. 2. Maka also means "eye" or "favorite"; could be related to the Polynesian name for star "mata"): No recorded Hawaiian name. Ka Lupe o Kawelois a new Hawaiian name for the Great Square of Pegasus and for the star line in which it appears. Other Hawaiian names for this star: Ka'elo (the name of a month: January on Hawai'i, May on Moloka'i, November on O'ahu, and June on Kaua'i-Malo); 'Aua; Hoku-'ula ("Red star"); Koko; Melemele (Name of an ancestral homeland in the north?-J & M). the declinations and houses of the stars in and around Ke Ka o Makali'i. Makali'i ("Little eyes" or "Little stars"): This cluster of seven little stars rises ahead of the stars of Ke Ka o Makali'i. After many years Mō‘ikeha missed La‘a so much that, he sent his son Kila to fetch him. Hiki-analia was "Used as a guide to mariner and fisherman; computed as Spica [Alpha Virginis]" (Johnson and Mahelona 3). In Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) the three are seen as three fishermen. Johnson and Mahelona suggest 'A'a is also a name for the seabird known as the booby (52), which is used to locate islands; these birds leave their nesting island in the morning to hunt for fish at sea, and return to the island in the evening (range: 30-50 miles--Lewis 171). Hokupa‘a is near the NCP, less than a degree away. The Western name for Hokulei, the star, is Capella (Alpha Aurigae); the name of the constellation that includes the circle of five stars is Auriga ("Charioteer"). The haole name for this star is Deneb (Alpha Cygni). One was Ruhi-te-rangi or Pekehawani, the personification of summer languour [ruhi], the other Whaka-onge-kai, She-who-makes food scarce before the new crops can be harvested. The haole name for this constellation of seven stars is the Big Dipper. Other Hawaiian names: Newa ("War club"--Pukui-Elbert), Newe, or Newenewe (Guide star to Tahiti--J & M); Ka-pe'a ("The Cross" or "Bat"); Makeaupe'a or Mekeaupe'a (possibly names for the Cross-J & M); Pu-koloa ("Wild duck overhead," possibly the Cross because of a similarity to Tongan and Samoan "Toloa," for the Cross-Makemson); Hoku-kea [-o-ka-mole honua] ("Star-cross-of-the-barren- lands"-M). Find more similar words at wordhippo.com! Hoku'ula ("Red star") or Kapu-ahi ("Sacred fire"): This giant red star appears after Makali'i and Hoku-lei in the Hawaiian sky. Na Leo Malanai = SSE Ankaa = Kaikilani [Lit., The small chief. Hawaiian for rotisserie or 'end-over-end' and is also the name for a marinade made and sold in the Hawaiian Islands. Developed by Nainoa Thompson, Based on the Micronesian Star Compass of Mau Piailug. 52 synonyms of star from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 106 related words, definitions, and antonyms. In our era, the Hawaiian names for this star suggest its stationary appearance: Noho-loa ("Eternal"), Kumau ("Standing Perpendicularly"), Kio-pa'a/Kio-pa ("Fixed projection"), Kia-pa'akai (Biblical: "Pillar of salt"), Maka-holo-wa'a ("Sailing-canoe eye"-Johnson & Mahelona, or "Star of the sailing canoe"-Makemson). Rapa-nui (a Polynesian name for Easter Island; a new name): This bright blue star is the first in Huinakolu to appear. alapiʻi. The Hawaiian form of Me'e, "Mele," means "song" or "chant "or "to sing" or "to chant." bright translation in English-Hawaiian dictionary. His wish was granted and he flew his kite next to his cousin Kauahoa. ), Beckwith, Martha. The names of the four major stars in the Great Square are names of Kawelo's four greatest ancestors, that also represent the four main Hawaiian islands, in history, poetry and chant. Ka Makau Nui o Māui is shaped like a fishhook embedded in a dark space in the Milky Way, which is called I‘a ( Fish) in Hawai‘i, or I‘a-lele-i-aka (Fish leaping in shadows). The chart above depicts Ka Hei Hei rising in the east. Alpheratz = Manōkalanipō [Lit., Shark of the heavenly night. ], Scheat = Kākuhihewa, [Lit. Manaiakalani ("The Chief's Fishline"-Johnson and Mahelona; "Come-From-Heavenî-Beckwith and Makemson) is the name of the demi-god Maui's fishhook, which he used to hook land at the bottom of the ocean, in some areas of Polynesia to drag up new islands, but in Hawai'i to pull the islands closer together. stairs. Other names for this star: Hiki-kau-[e]-lia; Hiki-kau-e-lono (cf. The legend of Tafa‘i (Tahiti) alludes to a fishing line called Shark-in-the-Milky-Way. This has got to be the funniest Hawaiian word, or it is at least to me. Manu Kona = SW Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1976. Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. According to Makemson, Makali‘i is the bow of the Maori canoe Tainui, with the Cross as the anchor, "the Belt of Orion as stern, the Sword as cable, and the Hyades [the face of Taurus] as sail [Te Ra-o-Tainui]" (249). Pukui-Elbert define Mole as "tap root," "bottom," "ancestral root," "foundation, " "source"; "smooth" or "bald" [Makemson's "barren"]; "to linger," "to loiter." Lehua indicates the color red; or Lehua could be the Hawaiian form of Rehua, the Maori name for Lehua-kona: "'Rehua is a star, a bird with two wings; one wing is broken. All of these stars were previously named with traditional Hawaiian names except perhaps for Segin: KÅ«kalani‘ehu, (lit., KÅ« of the misty heavens) was the war Akua of Kaua‘i and sometirnes O‘ahu, just as Aries was a god of war. On cloudy nights, when only parts of the sky are visible, he must be able to recognize isolated stars or star groups and to imagine the rest of the celestial sphere around them. Kao-Makali‘i, Na Kao ("The Darts of Makali‘i"): The three stars in the middle of Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki. Kaulia has been described traditionally as a prominent star in the Southern Cross; "called the chief of the month of Ikiiki [May] because it appears in that month" (Johnson and Mahelona). Na Mahoe ("The Twins") is a pair of stars. Hamal is the brighter of the two stars, to the left, near the edge of the chart, while Sharatan appears to its right, higher up from the horizon. Ka Makau Nui o Mau is on the opposite side of the celestial sphere (180 degrees away) from the Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki (Orion), the constellation in the first star line, Ke Ka o Makali‘i. Personification: One of the main literary devices Keats uses in “Bright Star!” is personification, a device he uses in many of his poems. Puana-kau ("Suspended Blossom"-Makemson): This blue-white star, "suspended" above Ke Ka o Makali'i, is the southeast corner of Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki. An Account of Traditional Tahitian Navigation, Wayfinding: Modern Methods and Techniques of Non-Instrument Navigation, Based on Pacific Traditions, Estimating Distance and Direction Traveled, Estimating Position East and West, North and South, Fish, Birds, and Mammals of the Open Ocean, Mintaka in Belt of Orion 0° (Hikina-Komohana), Ke Ali‘i Kona i ka Lewa (Canopus): - 53° (Nalani), Holopuni (Kochab): + 74° (Haka / Circumpolar in HI), Pherkad: + 72° (Haka / Circumpolar in HI), Hikukahi (Dubhe): + 61.75° /Nalani Na Leo-Ko‘olau and Nalani Na Leo-Ho‘olua (NNE and NNW), Hikulua (Merak): + 57°/ Nalani-Ko‘olau and Nalani-Ho‘olua (NE b N)and NW by N), Hikulima (Alioth): + 56° / Nalani-Ko‘olau and Nalani-Ho‘olua (NE by N and NW by N), Hokule'a (Arcturus) Stars in and around Ke Ka o Makali'i We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific. Na Inoa Hoku: A Catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. The Triangle is formed by three bright stars symbolizing for the Polynesian Voyaging Society the Polynesian triangle, with Hawai‘i, Rapanui (Easter Island), and Aotearoa (New Zealand) at the corners. Since Algenib and Markab have the same declination, it is appropriate to name them for Māui and Hawai‘i Ali‘i Nui who were of similar rank. Nalani Ko'olau = NE by N North Star to Southern Cross. “vagina coral”) I … synonyms. High about Kauluakoko is Kapuahi (Aldebaran) and to the left of Kapuhai is the pentagram of star called Hokulei, with its brightest star, also called Hokulei (Capella). According to Makemson, "Maka-li'i" may be interpreted as "High-born stars" ("Maka-Ali‘i"); Beckwith (367) suggests "Eyes of the chief," Makali‘i being the ho'okele (navigator-steersman) for the famous voyager Hawai‘iloa. Kao-Makali'i, Na Kao ("The Darts of Makali'i"): The three stars in the middle of Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki. Johnson-Mahelona and Makemson give the name as "Nana," equivalent to "Ana," or star, so "Nana-mua" means "First star" and "Nana-hope" means "Last star." A thousand years ago, the rising of this group of stars in the east would have occurred a month earlier (October-November)." A-iki-kau-e-lono, "The-small-booby-bird-of-Lono"-J & M); Hiki-kau-lono-meha ("Star of solitary Lono"; also Lono or Lono-meha); [Hiki] kaulana-o-meha; Kau-ano-meha ("Standing alone and sacred"-M); Hoku-kau'opae ("Star for placing shrimp"-J & M; cf. "Mee is the Marquesan form of the widespread Polynesian star name Mere, Meremere, or Melemele, signifying 'Voice of joy'" (Makemson 235). 'Aina Malanai = ESE Below the horizon, under N, is the W shape of ‘Iwakeli‘i. The haole name for Lehua-kona is Antares (Alpha Scorpii). He established a great line of Māui Ali‘i who ruled Nā-Hono-a-Pi‘ilani (the bay ,of Pi‘ilani, or the waters between Māui, Moloka'i, Lāna'i and Kaho'olawe, as these islands were often part of the kingdom of Māui). The haole name for this star Gacrux (Gamma Crucis). The Western name for Lehua-kona is Antares (Alpha Scorpii). Me‘e, an irregular box of four relatively bright stars, rises to the east of SE (in the chart below; the four brightest stars on the left side). Ka Lupe o Kawelo rises between east and northeast (the four brightest stars … Ka Hei-hei o na Keiki ("The Cat's Cradle of the Children"; a new Hawaiian name): This constellation with two bright star pairs separated by a row of three stars appears in front of Ke Ka o Makali'i. Humu's two sons sail with the first canoes; the older son who knows star lore gives his advice on which direction to sail in, which angers the steersman. Rising at NE is Keoe (Vega); setting at NW is Hokulei (Capella). In the West, the two pairs are the points of the shoulders and knees of Orion; the row of three stars is Orion's belt. Beckwith says that Makali'i was actually Hoku'ula (Aldebaran), and the cluster of seven stars called Makali'i had the following names: Na-Huihui-o-Makali'i ("The Cluster of Makali'i"), Huihui-koko-a-Makali'i-kau-i-luna ("Makali'i's rainbow colored nets hung above"), Na Wahine-o-Makali'i ("The wife of Makali'i"), Na-ka-o-Makali'i ("The bailers of Makali'i"), Na-koko-a-Makaliíi ("The nets of Makali'i"). Lehua indicates the color red; or Lehua could be the Hawaiian form of Rehua, the Maori name for Lehua-kona: "'Rehua is a star, a bird with two wings; one wing is broken. Me'e is the name of this constellation in the Marquesas, according to Johnson and Mahelona. In Aotearoa, the Milky Way is known as Te Māngōroa (The Long Shark), Ika-roa (Long Fish), or Te ika Māui (The Fish of Māui) (Edward Robert Tregear, The Maori Race 402). Lit., 'star-suspended over land'" (5). 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Nalani Kona = SW by S Johnson-Mahelona and Makemson give the name as "Nana," equivalent to "Ana," or star, so "Nana-mua" means "First star" and "Nana-hope" means "Last star." KAIPO m & f Hawaiian Means "the sweetheart" from Hawaiian ka , a definite article, and ipo "sweetheart". The Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai‘i has assigned the following Hawaiian names for the stars in Ka Lupe o Kawelo (from a memo to Nainoa Thompson, from Associate Professor Lilikalā Kame‘eleihiwa, September 23, 1996). As Kai'a rises in the east in the evening during the late spring-early summer months, it looks like this: When it sets in the west toward dawn, it looks like this, upside down, hence the phrase "ua huli," "it has turned": Lehuakona ("Southern Lehua blossom"): This red star is on the shank of Ka Makau Nui o Māui. Iwikuamo‘o ("Backbone") runs from Hoku-pa'a (the North Star) at the North Celestial Pole (NCP) to Hanai-a-ka-malama (the Southern Cross) near the South Celestial Pole (SCP). Beckwith says that Makali‘i was actually Hoku'ula (Aldebaran), and the cluster of seven stars called Makali‘i had the following names: Na-Huihui-o-Makali‘i ("The Cluster of Makali‘i"), Huihui-koko-a-Makali‘i-kau-i-luna ("Makali‘i's rainbow colored nets hung above"), Na Wahine-o-Makali‘i ("The wife of Makali‘i"), Na-ka-o-Makali‘i ("The bailers of Makali‘i"), Na-koko-a-Makali‘i ("The nets of Makali‘i"). But Kauahoa sadly blamed the wind and the two remained close throughout childhood. Farther left, above NE and E are the three bright stars of Huinakolu, the Navigator’s Triangle, rising. Basic information of Hawaiian Number of speakers . 943. Malanai is the SE quadrant, named for "a gentle breeze" (PE) associated with Kailua O'ahu (SE part of the island) and Koloa, Kaua'i (S by E part of the island); on a wind map of Pukapuka, two "Malangai" winds blow from the SE. ): This blue-white, medium bright star appears at about the same time as, but to the south of Hoku-le'a. Haumea was an O‘ahu Goddess of childbirth, war and politics, as well as an ancestor of Māweke. A line can easily be drawn in the sky froin Alpheratz/Manōkalanipō to Mira, and Kamakahelei is a descendant of that great Kaua‘i Mō‘i.]. This is the translation of the word "star" to over 100 other languages. Poloahilani had two attendants to guide him in and out, one to hold him by the right hand, the other by the left. Ka Makau Nui o Māui ("Māui's Big Fishhook", also called Manaiakalani). 'Iwa Keli'i ('Iwa, the Chief; the 'iwa is the frigate or man-of-war bird; a new name): This new name refers to the bird-like figure of the constellation Cassiopeia, which rises and sets north of the Great Square of Pegasus. The star above it is Bellatrix (no Hawaiian name); going clockwise around the corners, the bright star on the other side of the darts from Kaulaukoko is Puana-kau (Rigel), while the star at the bottom right corner is Pu‘uhonua (Saiph). This constellation has two bright star pairs separated by a row of three stars. Click here for a chart of the declinations and houses of the stars in and around Ke Ka o Makali'i. A box is created by four bright stars (the dipper). Kaikilani was the first Mō‘iwahine of Hawai‘i island, and her ascent to leadership united warring factions of the same family. Manaiakalani is the name of the demi-god Māui's fishhook, which he used to pull up a giant fish at the bottom of the ocean, in some stories metaphorical for discovering new islands. ), Hamal = Mō‘ikeha [Lit., "The supreme ruler. Mō‘ikeha was a younger lineage grandson of Māweke famous for sailing from O‘ahu to Tahiiti, and around the Society islands. Hikianalia was "Used as a guide to mariner and fisherman; computed as Spica [Alpha Virginis]" (Johnson and Mahelona 3). The third star, almost directly above East, is Humu / Aotearoa (Altair). Formalhaut is directly south of Scheat/ Kākuhihewa, and Markab/ Keawe, both relatives of KÅ«kaniloko.]. Haka Ko'olau = N by E, La Ho'olua = W by N ), ______________. Ka Maka ("The point of the fishhook"; a new name for this star at the point of Ka Makau Nui o Maui; Maka also means "eye" or "favorite"; could be related to the Polynesian name for star "mata"): No recorded Hawaiian name. Other Hawaiian names for this star: Ka'elo (the name of a month: January on Hawai‘i, May on Moloka'i, November on O'ahu, and June on Kaua‘i-Malo); 'Aua; Hoku-'ula ("Red star"); Koko; Melemele (Name of an ancestral homeland in the north-J & M). evening star. The sequence of four charts below show Holopuni in four positions as it circles Hokupa‘a, which itself inscribes a much smaller circle around the NCP. In the Hawaiian sky of Kau (summer season, May to October), Manaiakalani is visible for most of the night, just as Ke Ka o Makali'i is visible for most of the night in the sky of Ho'oilo (winter season, November to April). When she arrived in Waipi‘o valley to meet ‘Umi, she was escorted by 400 canoes laden with gifts and warriors. The curve of the handle points to Hokule‘a (Artcturus). In the chart below, the cross of Hanaiakamalama is crossing the meridian upright appears above due south. According to Johnson and Mahelona, Hokulei is an "unidentified star, lit., 'star-suspended over land'" (5). The speaker, gazing upon the natural world, sees human qualities in the both the North Star above and the water below.