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Nā wehewehe ʻana

(Definitions)

Ma loko o ke kiʻi o lalo iho nei, hōʻike ʻia nā wehewehe ʻana a pau ma loko o nā puke wehewehe no kēlā me kēia ʻano ānuenue.  No kekahi mau ʻano ānuenue, he mea like ko lākou wehewehe ʻana.  Hōʻike ʻia kēia e nā pahu waihoʻoluʻu like.  Hiki ke ʻike ʻia, he ʻelua ʻano hunahuna ānuenue (nā pahu ʻulaʻula), ʻo ia hoʻi, ka ʻŌnohi a me ke Ala Muku.  he ʻekolu ʻano neʻineʻi ānuenue (nā pahu polu), ʻo ia hoʻi, Ka Uakoko, ka Lehopulu, a me ka Pūnohu.  He ʻelua ʻano kia ānuenue (nā pahu ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke Uakoko a me ke Kāhili.  Eia kekahi, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka Uakoko he kia ānuenue a i ʻole he neʻineʻi ānuenue.

ʻO ia paha, ʻO ke kumu o nā wehewehe ʻana like, ma muli o kekahi inoa ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā mokupuni.

In the diagram below, all the definitions from the dictionaries are shown for each rainbow type.  For some rainbow types, their definitions are similar.  This is shown by the similar colored boxes.  From this it can be seen that there are 2 rainbow fragment types (red boxes), namely the ʻŌnohi and the Ala Muku.  There are 3 types of low lying rainbows (blue boxes), namely the Uakoko, the Lehopulu, and the Pūnohu.  There are 2 types of shaft rainbows (green boxes), namely the Uakoko and the Kāhili.  Furthermore,  the Uakoko can be seen as a shaft or low lying rainbow.  

It is possible, some of the similarity in definitions might be due to differences in nomenclature between the islands.

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References:

1.  Andrews, Lorrin (2003).  A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language.  Waipahu, HI.  Island Heritage Publishing.

2.  Parker, Henry Hodges  (1922),   A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language.

3.  Pukui, M. K., & Elbert, S. H. (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary (Revised and Enlarged Edition). Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi Press.

4.  Personal Communication (22 January 2021).  Faculty/Kupuna Interview.  Name withheld for privacy.

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