Anahulu Hoʻonui 7/6 – 7/15

Aloha pumehana kākou,

Before we spend our final anahulu with The Wind Gourd of Laʻamaomao by Moses Kuaea Nakuina and translated by Esther T. Mookini and Sarah Nākoa, please allow me to explain why, dear readers, we have spent so much time with the wind names of Oʻahu. 

When we are able to recognize the winds of the places we inhabit, then we open ourselves to being recognized by the winds in return; such is the nature of reciprocity. Other scholars (such as Kumu Noenoe Silva in E Lawe i ke Ō) have written and are continuing to discuss the ways that makani are epistemological and geographic sources of knowledge. Because the ʻāina has memory, so too do the makani remember their names: 

The sea wind blows hard

Mālualua comes from the northeast

Peapueo is of Kaunala

Ahamanu is of Kahuku

Lanakila is of Hauʻula

Moaʻe is of Punaluʻu

ʻĀhiu is of Kahana

Holopali is of Kaʻaʻawa and Kualoa

Kiliua is of Waikāne

Mololani is of Kuaʻaʻohe

Ulumano is of Kāneʻohe

The wind is for Kaholoakeāhole

Puahiohio is the upland wind of Nuʻuanu

Malanai is of Kailua

Limu-li-puʻupuʻu comes ashore at Waimānalo

ʻAlopali is of Pāhonu (43-44)

We might recall from one malama ago that the wind name of ʻEwaloa is the Moaʻe-kū, and above we know that the makani of Punaluʻu is Moaʻe. Since I spend time in both ʻEwa and Punaluʻu, the tradewinds recognize me in both places as the makani travels across the island and through the Koʻolau mountains. Importantly, I’m always learning to recognize this wind regardless of where I am.