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1) What is oli?
2) How do we use oli?
3) Who can do oli?
4) What context or setting do you find yourself in regularly that would be appropriate for oli?
5) Is there only one way to oli?
6) How is the practice of oli similar to singing? How does it differ?
7) Can all oli be danced to?
8) Why is it important to be careful with the words we chant and speak?
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1)
oli
chant, to chant
2)
oli kāhea
chant calling out, related to request and admittance into a place
3)
kumu hula
hula teacher
4)
hūi
halloo, hey there
5)
ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian language
6)
ulu wale
to grow (without effort)
7)
kāhea
to call out
8)
hale
house
9)
mahaʻoi
rude; to stick your nose where it doesn’t belong
10)
keiki
child
11)
hūi, e ʻAnakē, hele mai
halloo, Aunty, come
12)
ke hele mai nei au
I’m coming
13)
pane
answer
14)
hūi, komo mai, ʻAnakē, hele mai
halloo, come, Aunty, come
15)
reciprocol
done or felt in return
16)
kelepona
telephone
17)
heahea
to call out; to welcome
18)
kūpuna
grandparents or ancestors
19)
maikaʻi
good
20)
ʻōlapa
dancer
21)
protocol
the customs and rules of behavior in a formal setting
22)
lāʻau lapaʻau
medicinal, herbal healing
23)
ka wā kahiko
old times
24)
pule
prayer, to pray
25)
variations
different forms of something
26)
ʻae, pololei
yes, correct
27)
hālau
a school, a place for learning
28)
lua
the art of traditional Hawaiian hand-to-hand fighting
29)
mai nā kūpuna mai
from our ancestors
30)
oli heahea
chant calling out; chant of welcome
31)
oli kāwele
style of chanting with clear pronunciation
32)
olioli
style of chanting that often contains ʻiʻi, or vibrato
33)
oli hoʻouēuē
wailing style of chanting
34)
ʻiʻi
vibrato, which is a rapid, slight variation in pitch
35)
oli wanaʻao
chant for the dawn of a new day
36)
kuleana
responsibility, privilege
37)
oli hula
oli that are danced to
38)
mana i ka leo
power in the voice
39)
akahele
be careful
40)
mahalo a nui
much thanks
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