Parts of the Hawaiian Canoe. The canoe was called wa'a.. Wa'a kaukahi was a single-hulled canoe; wa'a kaulua was a double-hulled canoe. The various parts of a canoe had the following names: 'aha: braided or twisted cord used in lashing the canoe, made of pulu-niu (coconut husk fiber), olona fiber, or hau (hibiscus bark fiber); 'aha-niu: cordage made of pulu-niu. 'akea: hull of an outrigger canoe; starboard hull of a double canoe.
Definition of interconnected. 1  1 : mutually joined or related interconnected highways interconnected political issues. 2  2 : having internal connections between the parts or elements.
Medical Definition of alloy. 1  1: the degree of mixture with base metals. 2  2: a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten; also : the state of union of the components.