Hāloa Chapter Vocabulary

1 ) acknowledge recognize, be aware of something
2 ) adorn decorate, beautify
3 ) ancestor a distant relative that someone is descended from
4 ) crop plants grown for food of other use
5 ) descendant offspring, someone related to an ancestor
6 ) expanse wide area
7 ) flutter to flap or wave
8 ) genealogy family tree, the members in a family and their relationship to one another
9 ) nourishment the food we need to continue living
10 ) quiver to tremble or shake
11 ) siblings brother or sister; people that share at least one parent
12 ) stalk the stem of the kalo plant, between the leaf and the kalo corm
13 ) staple food main food of in a people’s diet
14 ) stillborn when a baby dies before it is born
15 ) sustain to continue, keep going