{"id":752,"date":"2023-06-13T12:45:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T22:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:58:07","slug":"puna-kaua%ca%bbi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/puna-kaua%ca%bbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Puna (Kaua\u02bbi)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inoa | Name(s)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puna (Kaua\u02bbi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi\u02bbona \u02bb\u0101ina | Land characteristic:<\/strong> Moku<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi\u02bbona \u02bb\u0101ina o loko o k\u0113ia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place:<\/strong> Hanam\u0101\u02bbulu; Ha\u02bbik\u016b; Kalapak\u012b; Kamalomalo\u02bbo; Kapa\u02bba; Ke\u0101lia; Kipu Kai; K\u012bp\u016b; Niumalu; North Olohena; South Olohena; N\u0101wiliwili; Wailua (Kaua\u02bbi); Waipouli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi\u02bbona \u02bb\u0101ina nona k\u0113ia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place:<\/strong> Kaua\u02bbi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu mana\u02bbo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He moku k\u0113ia ma ka mokupuni o Kaua\u02bbi. Aia \u02bbo Puna ma ka \u02bbao\u02bbao hikina o ka mokupuni o Kaua\u02bbi, aia ma waena o ka moku o Ko\u02bbolau, ma ka \u02bb\u0101kau, a me Kona, ma ka \u02bbao\u02bbao hema. Wahi a ka \u02bb\u014dlelo no\u02bbeau ” He nani wale n\u014d o Puna mai \u02bb\u014d a \u02bb\u014d.” Aia \u02bbo Wai\u02bbale\u02bbale, ke kuahiwi a wailele nui o ka mokupuni o Kaua\u02bbi ma k\u0113ia moku. He \u02bbekolu kahawai e kahe ana i ke kahewai nui \u02bbo Wailua, \u02bbo l\u0101kou \u02bbekolu \u02bbo Hul\u0113\u02bbia, Hanam\u0101\u02bbulu, a me Ke\u02bb\u0101lia. Aia ka pae kuahiwi \u02bbo H\u0101\u02bbupu ma k\u0113ia moku, kapa \u02bbia ka pae kuahiwi no ka pilikua, \u02bbo kona inoa \u02bbo H\u0101\u02bbupu. AIa kekahi kuahiwi i kapa \u02bbia no kekahi pilikua, \u02bbo ia \u02bbo Nounou. Aia ma Puna ka loko i\u02bba nui \u02bbo \u02bbAlekoko, no ke ali\u02bbi o k\u0113l\u0101 wahi i ka w\u0101 e k\u016bkulu \u02bbia ana ka loko i\u02bba e n\u0101 menehune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kawaihau district, Kaua\u02bbi, was sometimes called Puna. (Place Names of Hawai\u02bbi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bb\u014clelo kuhikuhi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E koho i\u0101 “Puna (Kaua\u02bbi)” no ka moku o Puna ma ka mokupuni o Kaua\u02bbi. No ka moku o Puna ma Hawai\u02bbi e koho i\u0101 “Puna (Hawai\u02bbi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use for the moku of Puna on Kaua\u02bbi. Not to be confused with the area of the same name on the island of Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo\u02bbok\u016b\u02bbauhau | Genealogy <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akua | Deity:<\/em> Pele<\/a>; Kamapua\u02bba; Hi\u02bbiakaikapoliopele<\/a>; Kapo\u02bbulak\u012bna\u02bbu; H\u0101\u02bbupu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanaka | Person:<\/em> Kawelo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hana | Practice:<\/strong><\/strong> Lawai\u02bba;<\/a> Mahi\u02bbai<\/a>; Hana kaua<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u016bmole | Source(s)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPuna,\u201d Inoa \u02bb\u0100ina Hawai\u02bbi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pukui, Mary Kawena. \u2019Olelo No\u2019eau\u202f: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings<\/em>. Honolulu, Hawai\u2019i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wichman, Frederick B. Kaua\u02bbi\u202f: Ancient Place-Names and Their Stories<\/em>. Honolulu: University of Hawai\u02bbi Press, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbopili \u02bbia i | Applied to:<\/strong> <\/strong>Ancient sites of Kaua’i : a guide to Hawaiian archaeological and cultural places of interest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mea haku | Created by:<\/strong> Na ka hui \u02bbimi na\u02bbauao o Ka Wai H\u0101pai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inoa | Name(s) Puna (Kaua\u02bbi) Hi\u02bbona \u02bb\u0101ina | Land characteristic: Moku Hi\u02bbona \u02bb\u0101ina o loko o k\u0113ia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Hanam\u0101\u02bbulu; Ha\u02bbik\u016b; Kalapak\u012b; Kamalomalo\u02bbo; Kapa\u02bba; Ke\u0101lia; Kipu Kai; K\u012bp\u016b; Niumalu; North Olohena; South Olohena; N\u0101wiliwili; Wailua … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}