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Wa&_macron; ‘Elua

Omo
Ke Keiki

Ha&_macron;nau ke Ono,

ha&_macron;nau ke Omo i ke kai la&_macron; holo

Second Epic

Omo
The Child

The Ono gives birth,

the Omo gives birth in the sea swimming

No ka omo a me ka mano&_macron;

Na Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

Ina&_macron; kama‘a&_macron;ina ‘oe me ke ‘ano o ke kohola&_macron;, i kekahi Manawa ulu na&_macron; pi&_macron;‘oe he nui wale ma luna ona. Eia na‘e ina&_macron; kama‘a&_macron;ina ‘oe i na&_macron; i‘a ‘ano nui ‘e&_macron; a‘e a me na&_macron; mano&_macron; e ‘ike ana ‘oe ‘a‘ohe pi&_macron;‘oe o ka hapa nui o ia mau i‘a. ‘O ke&_macron;ia i‘a nei, ka omo, ke kumu i ulu ‘ole ai ke&_macron;ia mau limu a pi&_macron;‘oe paha ma luna o ka mano&_macron;.

Ma ka moana Pa&_macron;ki&_macron;pika i ke ao kahiko i maka‘u ai ka mano&_macron; i na&_macron; i‘a a me na&_macron; mea kanu li‘ili‘i i hiki ke ‘ike ‘ole ‘ia e ka maka. Ua maka‘u ‘o ia i ia mau mea no ka mea ‘a‘ole ‘o ia i makemake i ‘umi‘umi limu loloa a ‘o&_macron;ma‘oma‘o e like ho‘i me ko kona kupuna ka&_macron;ne ‘umi‘umi a ‘a‘ole ‘o ia i makemake i na&_macron; uku kai li‘ili‘i e ola ana ma luna o kona kino e like ho‘i me na&_macron; uku kai i noho ma luna o ke kino o kona kaikua‘ana kapulu. I na&_macron; la&_macron; a pau no‘ono‘o ka mano&_macron; i ke&_macron;ia mau hopena ke nui a‘e ‘o ia, no laila i na&_macron; la&_macron; a pau ua ho‘a&_macron;‘o ‘o ia i kekahi mea ‘o&_macron;ko‘a i ulu ‘ole ke&_macron;ia mau mea ma luna ona.

Ma kekahi o ia mau la&_macron;, ua ‘a&_macron;nai aku ‘o ia i kona kino ma luna o ke ‘a&_macron;ko‘ako‘a, aka&_macron; ua kahakaha wale kona kino i na&_macron; lima ‘oki‘oki o ke ‘a&_macron;ko‘ako‘a&_macron;. I kekahi la&_macron; a‘e, ua lu‘u ‘o ia i kahi puka o ka pele mai lalo mai o ke kai, eia na‘e, ua wela loa ke kai a he hauna no ka wai o ia wahi. Ma hope o kekahi mau ho‘a&_macron;‘o e ho‘oma‘ema‘e aku i kona kino, ua holo wale ka mano&_macron; ma ke kai a ho‘omeamea i kona na&_macron;na&_macron; ‘ana ke nui a‘e ‘o ia.

Ia&_macron; ia e holo ana ma ke kai, ua komo ka po&_macron;loli i loko ona a ho‘omakaukau ‘o ia e ‘alu‘alu i ka mea ‘ai. I kona ‘ike ‘ana i kekahi i‘a ‘ano lo&_macron;‘ihi a ‘ele‘ele me kekahi mau kaha ke‘oke‘o, holo aku ‘o ia i ‘ia i‘a a pani i kona waha ma luna o ka i‘a. ‘O ka i‘a na‘e ‘a‘ole i make, aka&_macron; ho‘omaka ‘o ia e ‘ue&_macron; i loko o ka waha o ka mano&_macron;. “E ka mano&_macron; e&_macron;, mai ‘ai ‘oe ia‘u, ‘a‘ohe o‘u ono a hiki ia‘u ke ko&_macron;kua aku ia&_macron; ‘oe!” Ho‘olohe ka mano&_macron; no kekahi Manawa a ho‘oku‘u ‘o ia i ka i‘a. He i‘a omo ia. ‘O&_macron;lelo aku ka i‘a, “‘Oiai ua ho‘oku‘u ‘oe ia‘u, ‘o ‘oe ana ko‘u home a ke ulu mai kekahi ‘ano mea ma luna ou e ‘ai ana wau i ia mea i pilikia ‘ole ‘oe e like ho‘i me kou ‘ohana. No laila mai ia mua aku ua noho ka omo me ka mano&_macron; a ‘ai aku i na&_macron; mea ola mai luna mai o kona ‘ili. Pi&_macron;pi&_macron; holo ka‘ao.

The Omo and the Mano&_macron;

By Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

If you are familiar with whales, sometimes lots of barnacles will grow on it. However if you are familiar with big gish and sharks you will notice that some of them don’t have barnacles. This fish here, the omo, is the reason why the seaweed and the barnacles do not grow on the sharks.

In the Pacific Ocean in olden times, the shark was afraid of the small plants and animals that couldn’t be seen by the eye. He was afraid of these things because he didn’t want a long seaweed beard like his grandpapa’s beard and he didn’t want to have sea nats living on his body just like those nats that lived on the body of his dirty brother. Every day the shark thought of all these things when he would grow older and every day he would try something different to get rid of those things and stop them from growing on his body.

On one of those days, he rubbed his body on top of a coral, but his body was just all scratched up from the sharp fingers of the coral. Another day, he dived to where the lava flowed out into the sea, however the water was too hot and it was really stinky down there. After a few nire tries at cleaning his body, the shark just gave up and swam in the ocean thinking about what he would look like when he grew older.

As he was swimming in the sea, he started to get hungry and he got ready to hunt his food. When he saw a fish that was kind of long with a black body and white stripes, he swam to the fish and closed his mouth around it. However the fish didn’t die, but he did start to cry out from the mouth of the shark. “Eh mano&_macron;!, don’t eat me, I don’t taste good and I can help you!” The mano&_macron; heard his calls and sat for awhile and released the fish. It was an omo fish. Then the fish said, “since you have released me, I will make you my home and when something grows on you I will eat it so that you aren’t bothered by it as how they bother your family. So from then on the omo lived on the shark and ate all the growing things off his skin. The End.

Kekahi ‘ike hou a‘e

Inoa Hawai‘i: Hehena, Keikiokamano&_macron;, Leleiona, Omo

Inoa Peleka&_macron;nia: Remora, Sharksucker, Diskfish

Inoa ‘Epekema: Echeneidae spp.

Kona ‘ano: He po‘o pa&_macron;lahalaha ko ka Omo. Ma lalo o ia po‘o he mea omo kona a me ke&_macron;ia ‘o ia e ho‘opa‘a ia&_macron; ia iho i ke kino o na&_macron; i‘a nui. He kino lo&_macron;‘ihi ko ke&_macron;ia i‘a. I kekahi manawa he ‘ele‘ele a ke‘oke‘o ke kino, a i kekahi manawa he polu&_macron; ka waiho‘olu‘u o ke kino.

‘Ikepili Hoihoi: ‘Ike pinepine ‘ia ke&_macron;ia mau i‘a ma na&_macron; mano&_macron; a me na&_macron; i‘a nui. ‘Ai la&_macron;kou i ka mea ‘ai i ha&_macron;‘ule mai ka waha mai o ka i‘a nui a i ‘ole ho‘oma‘ema‘e la&_macron;kou i na&_macron; mea ola ma luna o ke kino o ka i‘a.

More Information

Hawaiian Name: Hehena, Keikiokamano&_macron;, Leleiona, Omo

English Name: Remora, Sharksucker, Diskfish

Scientific Name: Echeneidae spp.

Description: The Omo has a flat head. Underneath this head is a sucker and it uses it to attach itself to bigger fish. This fish has a long body. Sometimes this fish can be black and white and sometimes it has a really dark color to its body.

Interesting Fact: These fish are seen around sharks and bigger fish. They eat the left over food that falls from the mouth of bigger fish and they clean up the things that grow on the body of the big fishes.