Synopsis: A mother in Baltimore demonstrates a meaning of this proverb. Also, a few Protect Mauna Kea events coming up.
Synopsis: A mother in Baltimore demonstrates a meaning of this proverb. Also, a few Protect Mauna Kea events coming up.
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Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu, ʻo ia ʻōlelo noʻeau e kau aʻela i luna, e hōʻike mai ana ia, he mea maikaʻi ka ʻōlelo aʻo a ka makua. A ʻike ʻia kahi ʻōlelo i ʻane like ma kekahi o nā puke a Dr. Noʻeau Warner, ʻo ia hoʻi, “Mai hoʻokuli i ke aʻo a ka makua o pilikia ʻoe!” A he ʻōlelo paha ia no nā kānaka a pau a puni ka honua. Ua lohe paha ʻoukou no ia kanaka Pāʻele i make aku nei i kona wā e lawe ʻia ana i ka hale mākaʻi ma Balatimoa. Ua ala aʻela ka haunaele i laila, a puhi akula kekahi poʻe i kekahi mau hale i ke ahi, a pēlā pū me kekahi mau kaʻa. Ua ʻaikena ihola ia mau kānaka o ia wahi i ka hana a ka mākaʻi i ka poʻe Pāʻele. A ʻo ka pilikia, he hana ia e hoʻomau ʻia ana no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ma nā wahi like ʻole o ʻAmelika. Ke kuhi nei paha kekahi, ʻo ia ʻano hana haunaele wale nō ka mea e hoʻomaopopo ai nā luna aupuni a me nā mākaʻi i ka hana ʻino ʻia o lākou. (ʻO ke Kapu Aloha paha kahi ala e pono ai.)
ʻAʻole naʻe pēlā nā kānaka a pau o laila. ‘O kekahi poʻe, ʻaʻole makemake e hana pēlā, e like me kekahi makuahine, ʻo Toya Graham kona inoa, ua haʻi akula i kāna keiki kāne, ʻaʻole e hele aku i ka hoʻohaunaele ʻana. Akā, ua kāpae ʻia akula ke aʻo a ua makua nei, a hele akula ua wahi keiki ala. A ʻike akula ʻo Graham i kāna keiki, iā Michael Singleton, e pehi ana i ka pōhaku a pēlā aku. Pololei akula ʻo ia a i mua o kāna keiki, me ka nuku ʻana aku a pēlā pū me ke paʻipaʻi ʻana aku i kona poʻo. ʻO ke paʻi poʻo, ʻaʻole ia he mea maikaʻi, akā, kohu mea lā, ua piʻi loa aʻela ke kai o Graham, a e paʻi wale aku ana kona lima paʻi. Ke hānai hoʻokahi nei ʻo Graham i kāna mau keiki ʻeono, a ʻaʻole ʻo ia makemake e like ka hopena o kāna keiki me Freddie Gray, a no laila nō ʻo ia i hana ai pēlā. ʻAʻole i nāukiuki a nuha paha ke keiki i ka hana a kona makuahine, no ka mea, maopopo iā ia, ma muli o ke aloha ʻo ia i hana ai pēlā. A ʻo ia nō paha ka mea e haʻi ai ka makua i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo i ke keiki. He makuahine alakaʻi kēia no ka lehulehu.
A eia mai kekahi mau hana e mālama ʻia ana a puni ka honua, kahi e hōʻike ai i ke aloha ʻāina a me ke aloha hoʻi iā Mauna Kea. E naue aku paha i kekahi o ia mau hana a hōʻike i ke kākoʻo a me ke aloha ʻāina, ke aloha kupuna a me ke aloha kanaka. Kapu Aloha.
Aloha ʻĀina. E ʻākoakoa ana ma ka Spam Jam i Waikīkī i kēia lā, ka lā 2 o Mei, no ka hōʻike hōʻailona ʻana mai ka hola 6:00 o ke ahiahi a i ka hola 8:00. E hui pū i ke kiʻi o Duke Kahanamoku.
Kū Kiaʻi Mauna. I ka lā 3 o kēia mahina nei ʻo Mei, e mālama ʻia ana kahi wā aʻo no Mauna Kea ma ke Kulanui ‘o Mills. E hoʻomaka ana i ka hola 3:00 o ka ʻauinalā, a e pau ana i ka hola 6:00 o ke ahiahi. E hoʻomaopopo ʻia ana kahi e mālama ʻia ai, ke paʻa. E haʻi ʻōlelo ana ‘o Kumu Paul Neves. Inā he nīnau paha, e leka uila aku iā Makaiwa ma ka hua leka uila, mykaiwa@gmail.com, a e kāhea aku paha ma ka helu (808) 990-8754.
Kū Kiaʻi Mauna. E mālama ʻia ana kahi ʻahamele i ka lā 23 o ka mahina ʻo Mei. Ma Hawaiian Brians, Oʻahu ana e mālama ʻia ai. E hoʻomaka ana i ka hola 9:00 o ke ahiahi. He ʻelima kālā e komo ai, a he pono ke piha nā makahiki he 18 i ke kanaka a ʻoi aku. ʻO nā pōmaikaæi e loaʻa mai ana, e lilo ana no ka pono o Mauna Kea.
The weekly Hawaiian language column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii.