‘ōiwi Chapter Vocabulary

1 ) archipelago a group of islands
2 ) cordage the ropes in the rigging of a ship
3 ) disseminate to disperse or spread throughout
4 ) genealogical relating to the origin and historical development of something
5 ) immigration the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there
6 ) integrated united or blended
7 ) kulaiwi native land, homeland
8 ) kūlana station, rank, title, place
9 ) mele koʻi honua genealogy chant of the universe
10 ) migration movement from one place to another
11 ) naʻau heart or mind
12 ) ʻōiwi native
13 ) originate to begin
14 ) prominent important
15 ) resurgence rising again
16 ) wayfinding navigation without modern instruments; a way for travelers to discern location and direction