Michael E. Malulani K. Odegaard

I ka lā 31 o Ianuali 2010, ua kūkulu ‘ia ‘eono kāhili hou i loko o ka Ilina o ka Mō‘ī Lunalilo. Hana ‘ia lākou e ho‘okahi lālā o ka Royal Order of Kamehameha a me kekahi lālā o ho‘okahi hui kiwila Hawai‘i. Ma mua, ho‘oponopono ‘ia a kau ‘ia ‘ekolu kāhili e Sarah Quick Keahi i ka makahiki 1970. A ma mua aku, i ka makahiki 1938 i kau ‘ia ai ‘ekolu kāhili akā, ua ‘oko‘a nā leaka‘a‘ike i hana ‘ia; haku ‘ia paha nā kāhili e ke kahu o Mauna ‘Ala ‘o ia nō ‘o Frederick Malulani Beckley-Kahea, nāna nō ho‘i i luna paha no nā lawelawe nō ho‘i. ‘Oko‘a nā mēheuheu kapa inoa o nā ‘ano inoa kupuna a me nā ‘ano inoa hana hou ‘ia. Wahi a ka mea haku hulu kaulana o Kapahulu, ‘o ia nō ‘o ‘Anakē Paulette Kahalepuna, kapa ‘ia nā kāhili no nā mea haku, ke kumu haku hulu a i ‘ole ka mea nona i haku ‘ia ai ke kāhili.

Ua kūkākūkā no ‘elua pule ko Lunalilo Home Executive Director ke Dr. Kūhio Asam me nā alaka‘i mo‘omeheu Hawai‘i, nā kumu kula i Ke Kulanui ‘o Hawai‘i ma Mānoa a me nā po‘e hana i ka Hale Hō‘ike‘ike o Kamehameha. Koho nā Luna o ke Kuleana Lunalilo i nā inoa hana hou ‘ia a, ho‘opōmaika‘i ‘ia lākou na Curt Kekuna, ‘o ia  ke Kahu o ka Hale Pule ‘o Kawaiha‘o, kahi o ka Ilina. Ua loa‘a nā inoa maika‘i i nā po‘e a pau, akā wahi a ke kahu, ma mua, aia kekahi pilikia e pili ‘ana i ko nā Luna koho. Makemake lākou i nā inoa kupuna no nā kāhili, no ka mea, i ka wā kahiko ua kapa ‘ia nā ihe i loko no nā ‘aumākua kupuna. Eia nō ho‘i, hiki wale nō i nā muli wale o lākou ke hāpai i nā kāhili i loko o ka ilina, e like ma ko ka lawelawe kūkulu o ka makahiki 1938.

I kēia manawa, ua haku ‘ia a kau ‘ia ‘eono kāhili, ‘ekolu mea nui a ‘ekolu mea li‘i. He hō‘ailona ‘ekolu o lākou no ke kāwā ola o ka Mō‘ī; he hō‘ailona nā mea ‘ē a‘e o no nā ‘ano o nā mea i ho‘opōmaika‘i ‘ia i ke Kuleana. ‘O Ka-lā-hiki-ola ka inoa o ke kāhili hema; he hō‘ailona ia no ka maka mua i ke ola. ‘O ka mea ‘ākau ‘o Ka-lā-kau-loa; he hō‘ailona ia no ka pau ‘ana o ka ola. Aia ‘o Kau-i-ka-wēkiu-o-ka-wao-lani ma waena o nā mea ‘ē a‘e, he kāhili poepoe ia ma luna o he hō‘ailona ia no ka pi‘i o ka lani, kahi o nā akua. Ma ko Lunalilo hānau ‘ana, ‘ī kona makuahine ‘o Kekauluohi, “i luna, i luna, i luna lilo.” Hō‘ike nā kāhili ma o ko lākou mau inoa i nā ‘ano like ‘ole: ‘o ‘Ōlohe ke kāhili haku ‘ia me nā hulu ‘ano kāwala (akā me nā hulu kula kolohala kina) no nā po‘e Hawai‘i ‘ilihune; ‘o Po‘ohina ka mea no ko nā ‘elemākule lauoho nani, a ‘o Kauko‘o ka mea no nā po‘e kauko‘o. Ua kūkākūkā ko Kūhio kōmike i nā kumumana‘o hō‘ailona ‘ē a‘e: makule, ‘ili, a me ‘ai manu. Nui nā ala hele i hiki ke ho‘ohana ‘ia, akā ua holo ka mana‘o nā Luna i ka mana‘o e hā‘awi i ia mau kāhili i ko lākou ola pono‘ī. Eia nō na‘e, e kuapo ‘ia ana lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Wahi a Bill Maioho, ke kahu o Mauna ‘Ala, ‘a‘ole mākou maopopo le‘a i nā leaka‘a‘ike i hana ‘ia. ‘O ke kumu o ko lākou inoa kupuna, ua ho‘okomo ‘ia nā iwi i loko o nā ‘au o nā ihe. I mea e komo ai ka mana ‘o, pono mākou e kau i kēia mana. Lilo nā hulu i nā kūpuna ke kau lākou ma ka ihe, me nā waiho‘olu‘u o ko lākou mau ‘ohana. He hō‘ailona lākou no nā manu lawe ‘uhane i ka lani. Loa‘a nō ho‘i ka ‘ahu hulu nā kū kāhili nō ho‘i; ua like ko lākou hō‘ailona me nā mea pa‘a kāhili. Hiki wale nō i nā lālā o nā ‘ohana pono‘ī ke hāpai i nā kāhili. He kumu paha no ka ho‘ohana ‘ole ‘ia o nā inoa kūpuna, ‘oki ‘ia ka pilina o ka mo‘omeheu o ka wā kahiko. Inā i hā‘awi ‘ia nā inoa ma mua, hemolele loa paha ka inoa ‘o Kekauluohi ke ho‘ohana ‘ia. Aia ka ‘ike paha i ka lani. Hehi nā la‘a ‘ole i nā inoa lani.