Channels of the Hawaiian Islands of Niʻihau and Lehua. Kumukahi means "first beginning." The Hoʻomoʻa Channel separates the islands of Lehua and Nihoa. Hoʻomoʻa means "to cook." The Hawaiʻiloa Channel to the northwest of the islands of Nihoa. Named after Hawaiʻiloa, hero of an ancient Hawaiian legend about the settling of the Hawaiian Islands. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between islands is typically called a "channel" or "passage". Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaiʻi, arranged from southeast to northwest. The ʻAlenuihāhā separates the island of Hawaiʻi and the island of Maui. The
Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library make these sources available for educational and scholarly work. The collaboration between Ho‘olaupa‘i, Hale Kaumo‘o and Alu Like contain the largest collection of digitized native language newspapers in the Pacific with nearly 125,000 pages accessible within Ulukau. The library's digital dictionary, is "Nā Puke Wehewehe ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i". In the Hawaiian language the term "Puke Wehewehe ‘Ōlelo" means "dictionary". Photographer Ed Greevy, who helped illustrate several books including: ""A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty"", has donated a good deal of his work to the Hawaiian electronic library. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library