2.11.2009

Hawaiian Vocabulary

ahupua'a - land division
alakai'i - leader
ali'i - chief
halau - school; building in which hula was thought
hula - dance
hula kahiko - traditional dance using old chants or the old styles of chanting and dancing
hula pahu - drum dance
kapu - sacred; restricted; forbidden; illegal
kumu - teacher
maka 'ainana - commoner
pa hula - enclosure for nurturing the hula
paepae - terrace support for a hale; supportive assistant to the po'opua'a
pa'u - woman's skirt
po'opua'a - head pupil of a halau hula, so called because he/she provided a pig-head to the kumu hula as a ritual offering

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