Mary Allen
I ka pūnāwai, hele mai ka wai i ka ʻili mai ka lepo. Kapa ʻia kēia wai he wai lepo. Hui pū kekahi mau pūnāwai a lilo i kahawai a ma hope he muliwai e kahe ana i loko o ke kai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, ʻo ia ka wai ua i komo i loko o ka lepo. ʻImi ʻo ia i kona ala ma ka honua a hiki i ka puka ʻana mai kahi papa pōhaku a pālolo paha. ʻAʻole hiki i ka wai ke hele a kahe ma kēia papa. I kekahi manawa, ʻike pinepine ia i kona ala i ka ʻili.
Ke kahe ka wai ma ka honua, hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e like me ke kānana. He wai maʻemaʻe loa ka wai maʻemaʻe i hiki ke hoʻohana pololei ʻia i wai inu. Eia nō naʻe, inā e kahe ka wai ua ma kahi pā ai ʻole ma ke kula me ka nui o ka momona a laila e puka hou mai i ka ʻili, hiki i ka wai ke hoʻopōʻino i nā kānaka.
Hāʻawi kekahi mau pūnāwai i ka wai mehana loa, he puna wai wela kēia. Pumehana ka wai no ka mea, no loko mai o ka honua kahi i wela ai. A i ʻole ua wela ia e ka lua pele. Loaʻa i nā kumuwaiwai ʻē aʻe nā mea e like me nā mineral i loko o lākou. Inā maikaʻi kēlā mau mea no ke olakino, ʻōlelo kekahi i kahi puna hoʻōla.
He aha hou aʻe ka manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo "kumu"?
ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo kumu no ka wai mai ka honua mai. ʻO ke ʻano o ka "Source" ʻo ia ke kumu o kahi memo. Ke loaʻa kekahi mea i ka nūpepa, noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kekahi manawa no hea mai ia. No laila, haʻohaʻo kekahi i ka ʻike ʻana o ka mea kākau i kēia. Ua ʻike paha ʻo ia iā ia iho, he kumu palekana ia. Akā, lohe wale paha ʻo ia a heluhelu paha iā ia iho ma kahi, he kumu maopopo ʻole ia.
Aia nā ʻano kumu like ʻole. Hiki i ke kanaka ke lilo i kumu inā haʻi ʻo ia i kāna mea i ʻike ai a i ʻike ai iā ia iho. Hiki i kahi leka kahiko ke kumu no ka noiʻi mōʻaukala, akā hiki i ka pōhaku kupapaʻu kahiko a i ʻole ke kākau ʻana ma ka hale. He kumu maikaʻi nō hoʻi nā kiʻi pena kahiko. A laila pono ʻoe e nīnau iā ʻoe iho inā ʻaʻole i hoʻonui ka mea kākau a i ʻole ka mea pena.