CASSIDY'S WORD GAME: HAWAII

The name of the Hawaiian state fish—humuhumunukunukuapuaa (just sound out the syllables, it'll roll off the tongue in no time).

When we visited the Bishop Museum (a great place to explore Hawaiian history and culture), Cassidy went up to the presenter after the hula performance to ask her how to spell some of the words she used. She said she'd go one better—if we'd come back the next day, she'd bring lists of words she uses with "her kids." She is a kumu, a teacher, at the military school on base, and teaches children and adults about Hawaii with great joy.

So here are some of kumu's ( Kealoha Kalama) words. See if you can find the ones marked with an "*" in the word game below:

Numbers

1—

ekahi

2—

elua

3—

ekolu

4—

eha*

5—

elima*

6—

eono*

7—

ehiku*

8—

ewalu

9—

eiwa*

0—

umi*

Greetings

Good Morning—

Aloha* Kakahiaka

Good Day—

Aloha Awakea

Good Afternoon—

Aloha Auinala

Good Evening—

Aloha Ahiahi

I'm sorry/excuse me—

E Kala Mai l'au

How are you?—

Pehea 'Pe?

I'm fine, thank you—

Maika'i no Mahalo*

Until we meet again—

A Hui Hou

Take care of yourself—

Malama Pono

E Malama* Kakou I Ka'Aina—Let us take care of our land.

Colors:

white—

ke'oke'o

purple—

poni*

grey—

'ahinahina

blue—

polu*

pink—

akala*

black—

'ele'ele

orange—

'alani

yellow—

melemele*

green—

'oma'oma'o

light brown—

palaunu

dark brown—

maku'e

red—

'ula'ula

WORD GAME
Remember that the words can be forward, backward and diagonal.
Have fun!

M

A

L

A

M

A

N

E

E

E

A

E

I

W

A

O

M

I

L

N

O

K

M

L

O

N

O

E

A

A

A

A

E

P

H

L

M

H

H

M

L

O

A

H

A

E

A

I

P

L

K

U

M

U

L

L

A

U

M

I

U

L

O

E

And some extras . . .

house—

hale

canoe—

wa'a

teacher—

kumu*