The Environment and Energy

Sources:
Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H.,
Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University Of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1986.
Mâmaka Kaiao, He Puke Hua`Ôlelo Hawai`i Hou, Hale Kuamo`o (The Hawaiian Language Center, UH, Hilo)-Kikowaena `Ôlelo Hawai`i-`Aha Pûnana Leo, Hilo,1996.
Pronunciation Guide

 

KA `ÔLELO HAWAI`I (HAWAIIAN) :

KA `ÔLELO HAOLE
(ENGLISH) :

1.

ka nahele, ka ulu lâ`au

forest, woods 

2.

ka loko 

lake 

3.

ke kula mau`u 

meadow 

4.

ke kuahiwi 

mountain 

5.

ke awâwa 

valley 

6.

ka wailele 

waterfall

7.

ke kumu wai 

stream source 

8.

ka pu`u 

hill 

9.

ke kula  

plain 

10.

ke kahakai 

stream 

11.

ka loko wai 

pond 

12.

ka nu`u laulaha 

plateau 

13.

ka pali 

cliff 

14.

ke awâwa kûhôhô 

canyon 

15.

ka muliwai 

river 

16.

ka pani wai 

dam 

17.

ka wao one 

desert 

18.

ka pu`e one 

dune 

19.

ka wao nahele

jungle 

20.

ke kahakai 

seashore 

21.

ke kû`ono 

bay 

22.

ka moana (open), ke kai 

ocean, Hawaiian Perspectives on the Ocean

23.

ka moku, ka mokupuni 

island 

24.

ka haumia ea 

air pollution 

25.

ka ua `akika 

acid rain 

26.

ka `ôpala `awahia 

toxic waste 

27.

ka malele 

radiation 

28.

ka haumia wai 

water pollution 

29.

ka `aila 

oil 

30.

ke ea kûlohelohe 

natural gas 

31.

ka lânahu 

coal 

32.

ka makani

wind 

33.

ka ikehu nukelea 

nuclear energy 

34.

ka ikehu lâ 

solar energy 

35.

ka ikehu uila wai 

hydroelectric power 

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