Synopsis: Diamonds from outer space were found in an asteroid that landed in Syria, suggesting that our understanding of the creation of the universe could change. Diamonds contained in the asteroid and the material found inside those diamonds indicate that our beginnings were not what we had thought.

Aloha käkou. I ka wä i hiki mai ai nä haole i ko käkou pae mokupuni nei, a ma kai aku hoæi o Lëæahi, ua hulali mai ka æowaka æana o ia mea he pöhaku pele æömaæomaæo, a no ko läkou lä æike æana i ka hulali o ia pöhaku pele, æo ke kuhihewa ihola nö ia he kaimana. æO ia ihola ke kumu i hea æia ai ua puæu pele nei ma kona inoa haole ‘o Diamond Head, a me ka hoæohawaiæi æia paha o ka puana æana, “Kaimana Hila”. He makaleho ko ka haole, a æo ia nö paha ke kumu i æaneæane ai e poina ka inoa Hawaiæi æo Lëæahi.

I ka makahiki 2008, ua häæule maila kekahi hökü liæiliæi ma Suria, a aia hoæi, ma loko o ia hökü, he mau kaimana! æO ka waiwai naæe o ua mau kaimana nei, æaæole hiki ke ana æia ma o nä kälä. Mea æole hoæi ia mea he kälä, æoiai aia kona waiwai maoli ua æike æia ma käna mau mea e höæike mai ana iä käkou no ka hoæokumu æia æana o ko käkou poe lä e noho nei. æO ia hoæi, ma mua o ka hoæokumu æia æana o nä hökü hele o ko käkou poe lä, he mau hökü i like ka nui a me ke æano me ka mahina o ka honua nei, a aia kekahi kuhiakau i laha aku ma waena o ka poæe noiæi, æo ia hoæi, he mau akahökühele wale nö ia i like ko läkou nui me ko ka mahina æo Hoku. I ka loaæa æana mai naæe o ua mau kaimana nei, ua loaæa pü mai me kekahi kuana ‘ike hou.

Ma mua, ua manaæo æia ë ma ka holo æana o ia mau akahökülele, ua hoæokuæi kekahi i kekahi, a no ka nui o ka pahü æana, lele liæiliæi nä æäpana a hui hou mai me kekahi mau æäpana æë, hele a nunui a lilo mai æo ia nä hökü hele a käkou e æike nei i këia wä. Ma muli naæe o ka loaæa æana mai o ia mau kaimana, ua loli ka manaæo o ka poæe noiæi. æO ia hoæi, aia nä kaimana i loko o kekahi akua lele liæiliæi i kapa æia he “urelite”. Ua hoæokumu æia ua mau kaimana nei ma muli o ka nui o ka mïkä i hana æia ma ka hoæokuæi æana o kekahi mau akahökühele kekahi i kekahi. æOiai, æaæole lawa ka hoæokuæi æana o æelua mea nona ka nui o ka mahina e hana ai i ka nui mïkä e lawa ai ka hana æana i kahi kaimana, ua manaæo æia ë na kekahi mea nui aæe ia hana. Ke manaæo æia nei aia ma waena o 2,485 mile a me 3,278 mile ke anawaena e lawa ai ka ikehu hoæokuæi no ka hoæokumu æia æana o ua mau kaimana nei. No laila, aia a like ka nui o ia mau akahökühele me ka nui o Honua a o Höküæula paha, a laila, loaæa mai kahi kaimana.

I ka hoæokumu æia æana o ua mau kaimana nei, hele a paæa kekahi mau “material” no nä akahökühele mai. Ke kapa nei au i ia mau mea he “komo kaimana” a aia i laila kekahi höæailona maikaæi e höæike mai ana iä käkou i nä mea i kükulu æia ai nä hökü hele a pau o ko käkou poe lä. Aia nö ia mea he kaimana ma nä hökü hele æë aæe. Aia nö paha nä mea æë aæe o ko käkou honua nei i laila. He wai paha, he ea paha, he meaæai, a he mau meaola hoæi. Aia nö paha kekahi mea kohu kanaka, nona ke kuleana e kapa ai i ka inoa o ua “komo kaimana” nei ma käna æölelo ponoæï.

E ho‘ouna ‘ia mai na ä leka iä mäua, ‘o ia ho‘i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:

>> kwong@hawaii.edu

>> rsolis@hawaii.edu

a i ‘ole ia, ma ke kelepona:

>> 956-2627 (Laiana)

>> 956-2627 (Kekeha)

This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa.