Inoa | Name(s)
²ʻʻ
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mauna
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: ܲʻ; Wailua
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He kuahiwi kēia ma ka mokupuni ʻo ܲʻ. ʻO ²ʻʻ a me Kawaikini nā kuahiwi nui o kēia mokupuni. Aia ʻO ²ʻʻ ma ka moku o Puna (ܲʻ) ma ka mokupuni o Wailua a kahe ka wai mai kēia wailele i ke kahewai nui o Wailua. ʻŌlelo ʻia “Ka ua Noelehua o ²ʻʻ” no ka ua ma kēia kuahiwi e hoʻopulu ana i ka lehua o ka ululāʻau ma laila. Ma ke mele kaulana ʻo Kaulīlua, lohe ʻia ʻo “Kaulīlua i ke anu, ²ʻʻ,” a ʻōlelo ʻia kēia no kekahi aliʻi wahine no Waialua, Oʻahu ʻo Kaumealani kona inoa a hoʻoili ʻia ke mele a me ka hula i Kalākaua. Mai kahi pae a kekahi pai o kēia pae ʻāina, ua kaulana loa ka nui a nani o ka wai ma ²ʻʻ.
Description
Highest mountain on ܲʻ (5,080 feet), with a mean annual rainfall of 476 inches. (PH 109; UL 40.) Lit., rippling water or overflowing water. (Place Names of Hawaiʻi) The bdry between Hanalei, Waimea, Kawaihau and Lihue Districts at “the extreme highest point of Mountain called Waialeale…” Elev. 5148 ft. (Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Name)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “²ʻʻ” no ke kuahiwi nui ma ܲʻ.
Instructions
Use for the highest peak and waterfall on ܲʻ.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Kanaka | Person: Kalākaua; Kaumealani; Kaulīlua
Kūmole | Source(s)
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Soehren, Lloyd J. A Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Names : Compiled from the Records of the Boundary Commission and the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Honokaa, HI: L.J. Soehren, 2005.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to:
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai