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Nâ I'a, Nâ Holoholono o ke Kai, a me Nâ Holo `âna holo kai a me nâ Mo`o
Fish, Sea Animals, Amphibians and Reptiles

Sources:
Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H., Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University Of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1986.
Mâmaka Kaiao, He Puke Hua`Ôlelo Hawai`i Hou, Hale Kuamo`o (The Hawaiian Language Center, UH, Hilo)-Kikowaena `Ôlelo Hawai`i-`Aha Pûnana Leo, Hilo,1996.
Pronunciation Guide

	KA `ÔLELO HAWAI`I (HAWAIIAN) :	KA `ÔLELO HAOLE (ENGLISH) :
Nâ I`a ~ Fish
1.	ka i`a punakea (the fish barely visible rainbow) ka `eheu, ka pewapewa ka pihapiha, ka `api ka hi`u	trout (pectoral) fin gill tail
2.	ka `o`opu haole (the goby foreign)	bass
3.	ke kamanô *	salmon
4.	ka manô	shark
5.	ka moeone (Lit., sand lying)	flounder
6.	ke a`u	swordfish
7.	ka puhi	eel
8.	ka mo`o lio (the reptile horse)	seahorse
Nâ Holoholona o ke Kai ~ Sea Animals
9.	ke koholâ	whale
10.	ka nai`a ka nu`ao	dolphin, porpoise porpoise
11.	ka ` îlio-holo-i-ka-uaua (the quadruped running in the rough (seas)) ka hui	seal flipper
12.	ka pa`i - malau	jellyfish, specifically the Portuguese man-of-war
13.	ka `ota *	otter
14.	ka pala`o, ka waleluka * ka niho (the tooth)	walrus tusk
15.	ka ula niho kîlou (tooth hook)	lobster claw
16.	ka pâpa`i	crab
17.	ka he`e ke `awe	octopus tentacle
18.	ka `ôpae	shrimp
19.	ke kio nahawele	mussel
20.	ka `ôlepe, ka pâpaua, ka paua	clam
21.	ka nihoniho (the toothed, the scalloped), ke pepeiao (the ear)	scallop
22.	ka `ôlepe	oyster
23.	ka kamaloli, ka hîhîwai, ka wî	snail
24.	ka pe`a, ka pe`ape`a, ka hôku kai (the star sea)	starfish
25.	ka mûhe`e (Fig., fickle, changeable, unsteady, so called perhaps because of its backward-forward movement)	squid, cuttlefish
Nâ Holo `âina holo kai a me nâ Mo`o ~ Amphibians and Reptiles
	mo`o	Lizard, reptile of any kind, dragon, serpent; water spirit
26.	ka `ea kua neneke (the tortoise (with) back (fitted into) sections) ka una	(land) turtle, tortoise tortoise shell
27.	ka honu	turtle
28.	ka mo`o nui (the big reptile), ka `âlikekoa *	alligator
29.	ka mo`o nui (the big reptile), ka kelokokile *	crocodile
30.	ke mo`o, ke mo`o kiha	lizard
31.	ka `ikuana *	iguana
32.	ka polewao *	tadpole, polliwog
33.	ka poloka , ka lana (from the Latin rana, a genus) ka poloka	frog toad
34.	ke kalamana * ke kameleona *	salamander chameleon
35.	ka naheka , ka nahesa	snake
36.	ka naheka huelo kani * (the snake tail sound)	rattlesnake
37.	ke kopola *	cobra
38.	ka mo`o wili (the lizard twisting)	boa constrictor

* = Hawaiian equivalent has been transliterated from English
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