GLOSSARY
Aloha - Hawaiian Word for Hello; Goodbye; Love
Anela – Angel
Lani - Heaven
Anelalani - Angelie’s Hawaiian Name
Hula - Hawaiian Word for Dance
Halau - Hula School
Halau Hula ‘O Anelalani - Angelie’s Dance School
Kumu – Teacher; Commonly Used in Hawaii to Call a Hula Teacher
Kahiko - Ancient Hawaiian Hula
Auana or Awana - Modern Hawaiian Hula
Ipu - Gourd
Mahalo - Thank You
Makaukau – Readiness
Hapa Haole Hula - Part Foreign Hawaiian Dance; Mixture of Hawaiian and Foreign Dance
Ae (pronounced as the letter “I”) - Yes
Ori - Tahitian Word for Dance
‘Ia Ora Na or Iaorana - Tahitian Word for Hello; Greetings
Polynesian Dance - Dances of Many Islands. Few Islands to be named:
Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Rarotonga, Niue, Tonga, etc...