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.
net-like arrangement of threads, wires, etc., 1550s, from net (n.) + work (n.). Extended sense of any complex, interlocking system is from 1839 (originally in reference to transport by rivers, canals, and railways). Meaning broadcasting system of multiple transmitters is from 1914; sense of interconnected group of people is from 1947.