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Hawaiian Fish Names a'awa - variety of wrasse 'aha - needlefish 'ahi - tuna aholehole - Hawaiian flag-tail aku - skipjack tuna akule - big-eyed scad 'ala'ihi - variety of squirrel fish 'ama'ama - mullet 'api - variety of surgeon fish a'u - marlin,swordfish awa - milk fish a'weo'weo - bigeye enenue, nenue - rudder fish or chub hapu'u - grouper he'e - octopus hihimanu - stingray hinalea - variety of wrasse humuhumu - root name for triggerfish 'iao - silversides iheihe - half-beak kahala - amberjack kaku - Great barracuda kala - variety of surgeon fish kamanu - rainbow runner or sea salmon kawakawa - bonito kohola - humpbacked whale kole - variety of surgeon fish kumu - variety of goatfish lae'nihi - razor wrasse la'i - leatherskin lehi - snapper mahimahi - dolphin fish or dorado malolo - flying-fish |
mamo - sergeant major manini - convict tang mano - root name for all sharks moana, moano - goatfish moi - threadfin mu - porgy nabeta (Japanese) - see lae'nihi nehu - anchovy nohu - edible scorpion fish 'oi'o - bonefish 'omaka - Hawaiian herring 'omilu - bluefin trevally onaga(Japanese) - see ula'ula 'ono - wahoo 'o'opu - root name for Hawaiian goby 'opakapaka - pink snapper 'opelu - mackerel scad paki'i - flounder palani - variety of surgeon fish palaoa - sperm whale po'opa'a - hawkfish po'ou - variety of wrasse puhi - root name for all eel tako (Japanese) - see he'e uhu - parrotfish uku - grey snapper ula - spiney lobster ula'ula - red snapper ulua - giant trevally uouoa - false mullet upapalu - cardinal fish u'u - squirrel fish weke - root name of certain goatfish |
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Other Hawaiian words found among my pages akua - god 'aina - land hala - pandanus plant hilo - slender, twisted ho'okua - abundant hua - round object huna - hidden i'a - fish ipu - bottle gourd kahuna lapa'au - medicinal healer kai - ocean kalo - taro plant Kanaloa - god of the sea Kane - the Life-giver, god of procreation kapu - sacred, holy, prohibited |
ko - sugarcane Ku - Hawaiian god of war la'au - tree or plant la'au lapa'au - medicine lepo - soil limu - seaweed Lono - god of healing, agriculture and fertility mai'a - banana mahea - hazy mea'ai - food nalowale - vanished 'ole - nothing 'uala - sweet potato 'uhane - soul or spirit uhi - yam ulu - breadfruit |
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