Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds
Waiakea, Hawai‘i
17/X/02

Wa&_macron; ‘Akahi

Uhalula
Ke Keiki

Ha&_macron;nau ka Ha&_macron;‘uke‘uke,
‘o ka Uhalula ka&_macron;na keiki, puka

First Epic

Uhalula
The Child

The Ha&_macron;‘uke‘uke gives birth
the Uhalula emerges

‘O Ka Hikuhiku ia a ke Kuawalu

Mai loko mai ‘o He Lei No ‘Emalani, na Puakea Nogelmeier

I kona moku ‘o Kaua‘i
E ake ana e pane‘e mai,
E ne‘ene‘e, nene‘e mai ana o Ni‘ihau i Ka‘ula,
E na&_macron;na&_macron; mai ana ‘o Lehua i kai,
I ke kini ‘au‘au wai o Wailuanuiaho‘a&_macron;no,
E ano ana, e ka&_macron;hiko ana,
E hihi ko&_macron; ana, he kahi ka wana,
He wana Kalani, he i‘a kuku&_macron;, kuku&_macron; ‘o‘oi,
He mau lau ‘oi no Kahiki.

‘O Ka Hikuhiku ia a ke Kuawalu

From He Lei No ‘Emalani, by Puakea Nogelmeier

Her island, Kaua‘i,
Eager to move closer, closer together,
Drawing nearer together are Ni‘ihau and Ka‘ula,
Lehua watches from below,
The people who bathe in Wailuanuiaho‘a&_macron;no,
Keeping silence, bedecking themselves,
Creeping forth, like a toothed comb, the wana,
A heavenly wana, a spiked fish, sharply spiked
A thorny tree from Kahiki.

Kekahi ‘Ike Hou A‘e

Inoa Hawai‘i: Ha&_macron;lula, Uhalula, Wana Ha&_macron;lula

Inoa Peleka&_macron;nia: Long-Spined Urchin

Inoa ‘Epekema: Diadema paucispinum, Family Diadematidae

Kona ‘ano: Ua like ka Ha&_macron;lula me ka Wana eia na‘e ma kahi o na&_macron; kuku&_macron; po&_macron;kole he mau kuku&_macron; lo&_macron;‘ihi kona. He ‘ano ‘ele‘ele a poni ko na&_macron; kuku&_macron; o ka Ha&_macron;lula a ke ‘o&_macron;piopio he ‘ula‘ula a poni ke kala. Ulu ke&_macron;ia mea a 12 ‘i&_macron;niha kona lo&_macron;‘ihi a hiki ke ‘ike ‘ia ma kahi pa&_macron;lahalaha o ka papa ko‘a.

‘Ikepili Hoihoi: ‘O ka mokupuni ‘o Molokini kekahi o na&_macron; wahi maika‘i loa e ‘ike i ke&_macron;ia ‘ano Ha&_macron;lula.

More Information

Hawaiian Name: Ha&_macron;lula, Uhalula, Wana Ha&_macron;lula

English Name: Long-Spined Urchin

Scientific Name: Diadema paucispinum, Family Diadematidae

Description: The Ha&_macron;lula is just like the Wana however it doesn’t have short spines it has long spines. The Ha&_macron;lula has black and sometimes purple spines when it is older and when it is younger the spines are red and purple. It can grow up to 12 inches long and you can see it growing on coral reefs.

Interesting Fact: Molokini is a very good place to see Ha&_macron;lula.