Pīʻapā
Pela / Spelling
Puana / Wehewehe
Mōʻaukala ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Haku Mele
100

How many woela are there and what are they?

ʻELIMA (5)

A E I O U

100

gourd

I P U

100

Mele

song, chant of any kind, poem

100

How were our kūpuna punished if they spoke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in school?

Hili / Paʻi ʻia

Whacked

100

I ka ʻōlelo ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo ka make

In language there is life, in language there is death

200

How many consonants are there and what are they?

ʻEWALU (8)

HE KE LA MU NU PI WE ʻ

200

Chair

N O H O

200

Kaʻao

mythology, legend, tales, epics

200

Where was the first Pūnana Leo established?

Kekaha, Kauaʻi

200

What is kaona?

symbolic language/hidden meaning

300

What is the glottal stop called in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?

ʻOkina

300

Our school 

K A P Ā L A M A

300

I ka wā kahiko

In ancient times

300

In what year did 'ōlelo Hawaiʻi become an official language of Hawaiʻi?

1978

300

List at least 5 of the 7 classifications and categories of pule

pule

genealogical

laments (kanikau)

birth

relaying epic events

procreation

eulogies

400

What are diphthongs?

Give one example

gliding vowel sounds

ae ea au ae ai

400

Kamehameha III

K A U I K E A O U L I

400

Ka poʻe kahiko

people of old

400

What school was Pūnana Leo modeled after and where is it located?

Kōhanga Reo, Aotearoa

400

Mele koʻihonua were most often done to honor who?

Nā akua, nā ʻaumākua, nā meʻe

500

Recite the entire HAKALAMA.

HA KA LA MA NA PA WA A

HE KE LE ME NE PE WE E

HI KI LI MI NI PI WI I

HO KO LO MO NO PO WO O

HU KU LU MU NU PU WU U

500

Father of Ruth Keʻelikōlani, Alexander Liholiho, Lot Kapuaiwa

K E K Ū A N Ā O ʻ A

500

Mele koʻihonua

genealogical chant

500

What led to the decline in our native tongue?

In 1820, Missionaries came to Hawaiʻi and could not speak ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.

500

Who were the 5 haku mele we learned about?

Charles E. King

Lena Machado

Johnny Almeida

Mary Kawena Pukuʻi

Puakea Nogelmeier

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