Copper in Hawai'ian is "keleawe" according to Pukui & Elbert. This is basically a general name for metals such as brass, copper, bronze, tin, steel lead, etc. so it translates "chIkamEn" (chikamin) pretty drEt. LaXayEm, Jim Linda Fink wrote: > Is there a word for copper in any of the NW tribal languages? Also, what is > copper in Russian and Norse? ;-) and Hawaiian? >