Hua ʻUlu I Photograph by Heidi Fickinger
(translation : dancing breadfruit trees)
ʻulu
The breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis) and its fruit. The fruit is good for food, the timber for building, for canoes, etc. It has accompanied the Poly nesians in all climates which allow the tree to live. The ulu or breadfruit has only one variety in the Hawaiian Islands, but more than 24 varieties in the South Seas. The milky sap of the tree is used by the Hawaiians for bird lime, and is chewed by the boys and girls in Samoa. (wehewehe.org)
hua
1. nvi. Fruit, tuber, egg, produce, yield, ovum, seed, grain, offspring; meat as in ʻopihi shell or ʻalamihi crab; to bear fruit, tuber or seed; to bear a child; fruitful. For kinds of eggs, see hua ʻaluʻalu, huamakani, hua moa. Hua moʻa loa, hard-boiled egg. Hua moʻa hapa, soft-boiled egg. Hua ʻai, fruit. Hua kanu, seed. Ā e hana aku ʻoe iā ʻoukou e hua aʻe (Oihk. 26.9), and will make you fruitful. hoʻo.hua To bear fruit, reproduce, produce, yield; to sire or give birth; to swell high, as a wave (UL 36). Nalu hoʻohua, a swelling wave. Hoʻohua kawowo, a medicine for women to induce conception. (PPN fua.)
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