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# Ka'aulele Dictionary #
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This listing is far from comprehensive, but it should allow for the curious to find some information on *Ka'aulele* spoken in the story. Pronunciations are omitted, as *Ka'aulele* pronunciation is quite regular; however, when a word has an unusual stress, the syllable is underlined.

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**'a'ema** - v,vt : to give

**'ai!** : short, informal greeting

**'aka** : a stop, the glottal stop letter

**'amahari** - n : a sweet love that was lost and found again

**'anafi** - adj : eternal

**'aufuwa** - n : "flier", has a connotation of "seeker" as well

**'emahu** - adj : main, primary

**'e'ua** - adj : any

**'ia** - conj : and

**'ie'ie** : too (too much)

**'oa!** : short, informal goodbye

**'ue** - conj : but, except

**'uru** - v : to do, to be

**a'ai** - n : lift (as in flying)

**a'u** - vt : to spread (as in paints on canvas)

**afane** - n : life

**ahi'u** : subordinate clause former

**aila** - n : dream, as in a dream while asleep

**akili** - n : dream, as in "a delicate whiff of fey wonder that skips across the water in the sunlight"

**ala** - n : spring (as in, water stream)

**alula** - n : light, both spiritual and physical

**alulalei** - n : rainbow; spiritual bridge (light+color)

**ana** - n : song

**anuna** - n : solstice noon -- a very bright and sunny time

**anuwin\[a\]** - n : forest (the 'a' sound can be subsumed if an 'a' word follows it)

**ainila** - n : light (specifically visible light)

**awa** - n : down feather

**awa'awa** - adj : soft, both literal and metaphorical ("the baby's room is *awa'awa*"); sometimes mispronounced by children as *awawa* (c.f. *chan* -\> *tan* in Japanese)

**awaki** - n : filoplume ("whisker") sensory feather

**awafina** - n : semiplume (half down, half regular) feather

**awahakihaki** - n : powder down

**eia, eilia** - n : me, I, self; *eilia* is more formal

**elari** : thank you

**Éloa** : hello, greetings, goodbye, sometimes "love"

**elu** - n : wrist (wing or arm)

**eluai** : you're welcome; my pleasure

**enuma'i** - n : evening

**fafuwana** - v : soar (fly up)

**faia** - n : air, more of an alchemical sense

**faleia** - n : love (romantic)

**famaia** - n : wing

**fata** - v : to walk

**faueua** - n : gas, air

**feani** - v,vt : to leave

**felenia** - n : feeling, emotion

**fuelu** - n : dream, as in a fugue state, vision, or procession of fate; a place one goes in that sense, not in control or creation, but as a visitor; shamanic otherworld, faerie

**fuhari** - n : a gusty rain

**fuika** - n, adj : **1**. wrist to fingertip (e.g. hand or alula); **2**. sneakiness or underhandedness

**fuluelu** - adj : sad

**funa** - n : this, this one

**futata** - v : to land

**fuwa** - v : go / fly

**fuwafuwa** - n,adj : a wing flap; a feeling of "go-go", of urgency, of agitation, maybe fear

**fuwana** - v : to fly (specifically)

**fuwapina** - n : flight feather; child slang, *fupi*

**hafaleia** - v : to love (romantic)

**haefi** - n : quiet, silence

**hakihaki** - n : sound of powder being shaken in a jar

**hakahaka** - n : sound of rocks being shaken in a jar

**hai'io** - n : shoulder to elbow (e.g. "upper arm")

**haia** - n : mountain / mountain range

**halalule** - n : chant

**hefutata** - n : plain ("landing surface")

**helana** - v,vt : to hear

**hiahia** - v,vt : to chase

**hifika'i** - v,vt : to burn

**hifu** - n : fire

**hiki** : past tense post-particle for a verb

**hilaila** - adj : happy

**hilani** - adv : well; also used as a full sentence/question ("how are you?")

**himika** - adj : here

**Hunéa** - np : the home world of the Na'aulele

**ikani** - adv : forth, onward, as in "carry on!" / "go forth!" (*lele ikani imai*, in both cases)

**ikilu** - v : to fall

**imai** - v : to ask; also used as a suffix to denote a command/request

**inami** - conj : "since that's so", c.f. Japanese "*dakara*"

**ka'ala** - adj : high

**ka'alula** : contraction of "ka'ala alula"---"high spiritual light"

**katao** - n :  thunder

**katete** : an angry/anxious sort of feeling; like angry fear or tension in the air, like when a fight is going to start, the feeling of stirring and circling emotions; e.g. "there is too much 'katete' in the air so we can't do this ritual"

**Ka'aulele** - n, adj : species name; plural: *Na'aulele*

**kamaila** - adj : brave

**katala** - n : clan, tribe

**keikei** - n /keh-ee-keh-ee/ : dream, as in a place or state of mind of playfulness; onomatopoeia for children's laughter and clattering sounds, running and crashing into each other

**kema** - n, adj : inside, the inside of something

**ki** - n : stick or stalk, like a flower stalk

**kilina** - n : a thing, an object, something (carries no pejorative sense like "thing" in English)

**Kokonéfara** - np : famous temple on an island, where ecstatic rites are held once a year

**kona** - n : core; "heart", deep nature, seat of your being

**kuleiu** - n : friend

**kuwa** - n : elbow (wing or arm)

**laia** : yes; positive mood interjective

**latahala** - n : a gentle spring rain

**le'ima** - v : to receive

**lei** - n : color

**lele** - v, vt : to carry, to bring

**leo** - n : elbow to wrist (e.g. "forearm")

**lemaki** - n : day

**lialia** - adj : together, close, joined

**lua, luania** - n : you; *luania* is more formal

**luma** - n : earth

**lunari** - n : ocean, sea

**ma'ana** - n : midnight, used for any late-night time (after about 9PM, until sunrise)

**ma'i!** : interjection of surprise or wonder (c.f. "*uwaaa*" in Japanese)

**maki** - n : crossing, crossroads, cross-paths

**mala** - adj : another

**malei** - n, adj : peace/calm

**maneia** - n : place

**maneianeia** - n : anyplace

**maowa** - n  : wing armpit; sometimes *mao*

**mei'a** - n : *Húnea* species similar to dolphins

**melawi** - adv : merely, only

**mo** - adv : also, too (suffix particle)

**munani** - n : food

**munimuni** - v,vt : to chew; also a colloquialism for "thinking something over"

**na** - part : when used at the end of a question or statement, it has a meaning like "isn't that so?"

**nahala** - n : protector, guardian, caretaker (c.f. Hawaiian *malama*)

**naia** - adj : much

**namu** - v,vt : to eat

**nanaki** - n : children; singular: *nenaki*

**nawani** : please

**nemaila** : goodnight; conjunction of *netua imai hilaila meha*

**nemuniawa** - n : a daydream

**nenaki** : see *nanaki*

**netua** - n : home, nest

**newai** - n, adj : black (color)

**ni'ana** - n, adj : morning

**nima** - adv : very; often pronounced like *niiiima*

**nimaima** - adv : most (as in "the most")

**niua** : "can", "could"; comes typically after a verb, but can move around as long as the meaning isn't ambiguous

**nuniani** - n : wish

**nurei** - adj : tasty, yummy

**nuwenu** - adj : difficult, hard, tricky

**ofari** - v, vt : to meet

**owa** - n : wing-shoulder

**owao** - n : circle

**owafina** - n : contour, general wing feather

**paiani** - n, adj : beauty, beautiful

**pata** - v : to walk

**patani** - n : arm-shoulder

**patapata** - v : to run

**pa'a** - n : ball, sphere

**peka** - n : work

**pei** : no; not (comes after a verb to specify negation)

**peni** - n : flower

**pi'i** - n : whining, as in a child's whining

**pina** - n : feather (generally)

**tafaule** - n : coffee spice

**takala** - n : emotional tongue click interjective; the word is often said almost unvoiced, like an onomatopoeia

**talé** - v, vt : speak

**tanau** - n : speaking being; could be *Ka'aulele*, could be something else; they're not the only speakers on their world; no hint in this word of other things not being sentient/smart, just not speaking

**tapani** - adj : loud

**tata** - v : to run

**tateri** - n : time

**taterinaia** - n : long time

**tateriwuwi** - n : short time

**tefani** - n : sister

**tei** - n : foot

**tewari** - n : miller, one who grinds down grains

**tiwe** - n : path (ground or sky)

**tuani** - v, vt : to give

**ua** - v, vt : yell, cry

**ulua** - n : water

**umari** - v : is here, is present, c.f. Japanese *imasu*; there's no "*arimasu*" because to the *Na'aulele*, everything is living in some form or other

**wai** - n : pigment color, paint

**waineri** - n : a place of growing; often translated as "garden"

**wala** : which? what? (interrogative)

**wanifu** - n : sun

**weri** - n : season

**weriweri** - n : year

**wina** - n : tree

**wuwi** - adj : small

**wu'emai** - adj : new

Ka'aulele Dictionary

This listing is far from comprehensive, but it should allow for the curious to find some information on Ka'aulele spoken in the story. Pronunciations are omitted, as Ka'aulele pronunciation is quite regular; however, when a word has an unusual stress, the syllable is underlined.


'a'ema - v,vt : to give

'ai! : short, informal greeting

'aka : a stop, the glottal stop letter

'amahari - n : a sweet love that was lost and found again

'anafi - adj : eternal

'aufuwa - n : "flier", has a connotation of "seeker" as well

'emahu - adj : main, primary

'e'ua - adj : any

'ia - conj : and

'ie'ie : too (too much)

'oa! : short, informal goodbye

'ue - conj : but, except

'uru - v : to do, to be

a'ai - n : lift (as in flying)

a'u - vt : to spread (as in paints on canvas)

afane - n : life

ahi'u : subordinate clause former

aila - n : dream, as in a dream while asleep

akili - n : dream, as in "a delicate whiff of fey wonder that skips across the water in the sunlight"

ala - n : spring (as in, water stream)

alula - n : light, both spiritual and physical

alulalei - n : rainbow; spiritual bridge (light+color)

ana - n : song

anuna - n : solstice noon -- a very bright and sunny time

anuwin[a] - n : forest (the 'a' sound can be subsumed if an 'a' word follows it)

ainila - n : light (specifically visible light)

awa - n : down feather

awa'awa - adj : soft, both literal and metaphorical ("the baby's room is awa'awa"); sometimes mispronounced by children as awawa (c.f. chan -> tan in Japanese)

awaki - n : filoplume ("whisker") sensory feather

awafina - n : semiplume (half down, half regular) feather

awahakihaki - n : powder down

eia, eilia - n : me, I, self; eilia is more formal

elari : thank you

Éloa : hello, greetings, goodbye, sometimes "love"

elu - n : wrist (wing or arm)

eluai : you're welcome; my pleasure

enuma'i - n : evening

fafuwana - v : soar (fly up)

faia - n : air, more of an alchemical sense

faleia - n : love (romantic)

famaia - n : wing

fata - v : to walk

faueua - n : gas, air

feani - v,vt : to leave

felenia - n : feeling, emotion

fuelu - n : dream, as in a fugue state, vision, or procession of fate; a place one goes in that sense, not in control or creation, but as a visitor; shamanic otherworld, faerie

fuhari - n : a gusty rain

fuika - n, adj : 1. wrist to fingertip (e.g. hand or alula); 2. sneakiness or underhandedness

fuluelu - adj : sad

funa - n : this, this one

futata - v : to land

fuwa - v : go / fly

fuwafuwa - n,adj : a wing flap; a feeling of "go-go", of urgency, of agitation, maybe fear

fuwana - v : to fly (specifically)

fuwapina - n : flight feather; child slang, fupi

hafaleia - v : to love (romantic)

haefi - n : quiet, silence

hakihaki - n : sound of powder being shaken in a jar

hakahaka - n : sound of rocks being shaken in a jar

hai'io - n : shoulder to elbow (e.g. "upper arm")

haia - n : mountain / mountain range

halalule - n : chant

hefutata - n : plain ("landing surface")

helana - v,vt : to hear

hiahia - v,vt : to chase

hifika'i - v,vt : to burn

hifu - n : fire

hiki : past tense post-particle for a verb

hilaila - adj : happy

hilani - adv : well; also used as a full sentence/question ("how are you?")

himika - adj : here

Hunéa - np : the home world of the Na'aulele

ikani - adv : forth, onward, as in "carry on!" / "go forth!" (lele ikani imai, in both cases)

ikilu - v : to fall

imai - v : to ask; also used as a suffix to denote a command/request

inami - conj : "since that's so", c.f. Japanese "dakara"

ka'ala - adj : high

ka'alula : contraction of "ka'ala alula"---"high spiritual light"

katao - n : thunder

katete : an angry/anxious sort of feeling; like angry fear or tension in the air, like when a fight is going to start, the feeling of stirring and circling emotions; e.g. "there is too much 'katete' in the air so we can't do this ritual"

Ka'aulele - n, adj : species name; plural: Na'aulele

kamaila - adj : brave

katala - n : clan, tribe

keikei - n /keh-ee-keh-ee/ : dream, as in a place or state of mind of playfulness; onomatopoeia for children's laughter and clattering sounds, running and crashing into each other

kema - n, adj : inside, the inside of something

ki - n : stick or stalk, like a flower stalk

kilina - n : a thing, an object, something (carries no pejorative sense like "thing" in English)

Kokonéfara - np : famous temple on an island, where ecstatic rites are held once a year

kona - n : core; "heart", deep nature, seat of your being

kuleiu - n : friend

kuwa - n : elbow (wing or arm)

laia : yes; positive mood interjective

latahala - n : a gentle spring rain

le'ima - v : to receive

lei - n : color

lele - v, vt : to carry, to bring

leo - n : elbow to wrist (e.g. "forearm")

lemaki - n : day

lialia - adj : together, close, joined

lua, luania - n : you; luania is more formal

luma - n : earth

lunari - n : ocean, sea

ma'ana - n : midnight, used for any late-night time (after about 9PM, until sunrise)

ma'i! : interjection of surprise or wonder (c.f. "uwaaa" in Japanese)

maki - n : crossing, crossroads, cross-paths

mala - adj : another

malei - n, adj : peace/calm

maneia - n : place

maneianeia - n : anyplace

maowa - n : wing armpit; sometimes mao

mei'a - n : Húnea species similar to dolphins

melawi - adv : merely, only

mo - adv : also, too (suffix particle)

munani - n : food

munimuni - v,vt : to chew; also a colloquialism for "thinking something over"

na - part : when used at the end of a question or statement, it has a meaning like "isn't that so?"

nahala - n : protector, guardian, caretaker (c.f. Hawaiian malama)

naia - adj : much

namu - v,vt : to eat

nanaki - n : children; singular: nenaki

nawani : please

nemaila : goodnight; conjunction of netua imai hilaila meha

nemuniawa - n : a daydream

nenaki : see nanaki

netua - n : home, nest

newai - n, adj : black (color)

ni'ana - n, adj : morning

nima - adv : very; often pronounced like niiiima

nimaima - adv : most (as in "the most")

niua : "can", "could"; comes typically after a verb, but can move around as long as the meaning isn't ambiguous

nuniani - n : wish

nurei - adj : tasty, yummy

nuwenu - adj : difficult, hard, tricky

ofari - v, vt : to meet

owa - n : wing-shoulder

owao - n : circle

owafina - n : contour, general wing feather

paiani - n, adj : beauty, beautiful

pata - v : to walk

patani - n : arm-shoulder

patapata - v : to run

pa'a - n : ball, sphere

peka - n : work

pei : no; not (comes after a verb to specify negation)

peni - n : flower

pi'i - n : whining, as in a child's whining

pina - n : feather (generally)

tafaule - n : coffee spice

takala - n : emotional tongue click interjective; the word is often said almost unvoiced, like an onomatopoeia

talé - v, vt : speak

tanau - n : speaking being; could be Ka'aulele, could be something else; they're not the only speakers on their world; no hint in this word of other things not being sentient/smart, just not speaking

tapani - adj : loud

tata - v : to run

tateri - n : time

taterinaia - n : long time

tateriwuwi - n : short time

tefani - n : sister

tei - n : foot

tewari - n : miller, one who grinds down grains

tiwe - n : path (ground or sky)

tuani - v, vt : to give

ua - v, vt : yell, cry

ulua - n : water

umari - v : is here, is present, c.f. Japanese imasu; there's no "arimasu" because to the Na'aulele, everything is living in some form or other

wai - n : pigment color, paint

waineri - n : a place of growing; often translated as "garden"

wala : which? what? (interrogative)

wanifu - n : sun

weri - n : season

weriweri - n : year

wina - n : tree

wuwi - adj : small

wu'emai - adj : new