Inoa | Name(s)

Mahi hala kahiki

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO ka mahi hala kahiki he ʻoihana kālā ia o ka mahi ʻia ʻana o nā hala kahiki, ka huaʻai i lawe ʻia i Hawaiʻi e ka malihini no ka mahi nui ʻana i mea e hoʻoulu ai i ke kālā. Hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka hala kahiki no ke kūʻai aku ma ka hale hana hala kahiki. ʻO kekahi mau wahi i lilo nui no ka mahi hala kahiki ʻo ia nō ka mokupuni o Lānaʻi a me Helemano, Oʻahu.

Description

Pineapple farming on plantations is the business venture of growing and harvesting pineapples, the fruit brought to Hawaiʻi by foreigners for the purpose of making money. Pineapple was canned in a cannery on the plantation. Some places that have drastically changed due to pineapple plantations are the island of Lānaʻi and Helemano, Oʻahu.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka ʻoihana mahi hala kahiki.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to pineapple plantation farming.

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Lānaʻi; Molokaʻi; Poupou (Puna, Hawaiʻi); Helemano (Oʻahu)

Hana | Practice: Mahi ʻai

Kūmole | Source(s)

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: The pineapple in Hawaii; A brief history and commentary on the pineapple industry of Maui, Hawaii.

Mea haku | Created by: Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai