| 1 )
hānau |
to give birth, to be born |
| 2 )
mele koʻihonua |
a genealogical chant, a mele about creation |
| 3 )
genealogy |
a family tree |
| 4 )
variation |
a difference |
| 5 )
era |
a period of time |
| 6 )
pō |
night; in the Kumulipo, pō is the darkness from which all things are born |
| 7 )
coral polyp |
the body of a single coral animal |
| 8 )
organism |
a living thing |
| 9 )
ao |
day, daytime, light |
| 10 )
wā |
a name for the different periods of development in the Kumulipo |
| 11 )
acknowledge |
to recognize as real or true |
| 12 )
observe |
to watch carefully |
| 13 )
cosmogony |
the study of the creation and evolution of the universe |
| 14 )
prophet |
a person that predicts the future |
| 15 )
lineage |
genealogy; a line of descendants |
| 16 )
counterpart |
related or matched parts |
| 17 )
wā |
ma ke Kumulipo, ʻo ia nā māhele he ʻumikūmāono o ka mōhala ʻana o nā mea a pau |