Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment

Author: Edward Smith Craighill Handy

Publisher:

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13:

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Book on old native horticulture of the Hawaiian Islands with a focus on the cultivation of the soil. Descriptions of areas of habitation is covered in detail for each island: Kauai, Niihau, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Hawaii. Various plants and animals used in a Hawaiian economy are covered in detail: taro, sweet potato (ʻuala), breadfruit, banana, coconut, yam, arrowroot, sugar cane, pineapple, ʻawa, pandanus, bamboo, wauke (paper mulberry), gourds, ti, olona, ʻilima, ʻolena (turmeric), kukui, kou, wild plants, dogs, hogs, wild goats, chickens, birds, grasshoppers, and fish. Includes information on demography, social and family structures, and cultural practies such as makahiki around planting, homesteading and cultivating land.

Plants in Hawaiian Culture
Plants in Hawaiian Culture

Author: Beatrice Krauss

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2021-05-25

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0824846168

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This book is intended as a general introduction to the ethnobotany of the Hawaiians and as such it presumes, on the part of the reader, little background in either botany or Hawaiian ethnology. It describes the plants themselves, whether cultivated or brought from the forests, streams, or ocean, as well as the modes of cultivation and collection. It discusses the preparation and uses of the plant materials, and the methods employed in building houses and making canoes, wearing apparel, and the many other artifacts that were part of the material culture associated with this farming and fishing people.

Na Kua'aina
Na Kua'aina

Author: Davianna McGregor

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0824829468

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Oral traditions are recounted in this collection of stories that reveal how those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive have enabled native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people.

Hawaiian Dictionary
Hawaiian Dictionary

Author: Mary Kawena Pukui

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1986-03-01

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9780824807030

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For many years, Hawaiian Dictionary has been the definitive and authoritative work on the Hawaiian language. Now this indispensable reference volume has been enlarged and completely revised. More than 3,000 new entries have been added to the Hawaiian-English section, bringing the total number of entries to almost 30,000 and making it the largest and most complete of any Polynesian dictionary. Other additions and changes in this section include: a method of showing stress groups to facilitate pronunciation of Hawaiian words with more than three syllables; indications of parts of speech; current scientific names of plants; use of metric measurements; additional reconstructions; classical origins of loan words; and many added cross-references to enhance understanding of the numerous nuances of Hawaiian words. The English Hawaiian section, a complement and supplement to the Hawaiian English section, contains more than 12,500 entries and can serve as an index to hidden riches in the Hawaiian language. This new edition is more than a dictionary. Containing folklore, poetry, and ethnology, it will benefit Hawaiian studies for years to come.