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ʻāhua

/ ʻā.hua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., To swell, as a wave; heap, mound, hillock, knoll, pile; heaped, humped; tremendous.

  • Examples:
    • ʻĀhua one, sand dune, sandbank.
    • Kau ʻāhua mahaʻoi (Kel. 43), fantastically brazen.

2. n., Young, as of the aku, kawakawa and moano fishes.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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ahua

kikinonoun / A-HU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., See ahu, collection. Any place elevated in the manner of a high path.

2. A bank in the sea; a bank formed by the sand at a mouth of a river; hence,

3. A ford; a place for passing a stream or river. Ios. 2:7; Lunk. 3:28. He puu; a hillock; he kiekie ma kekahi aoao.

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v., To be raised up on a platform; ua ahua, ua ahawa.

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ahua

kikinonoun / ā-hŭ'-ă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Any place elevated in the manner of a high path.

2. n., A bank in the sea; a bank formed by the sand at a mouth of a river; hence,

3. n., A ford; a place for passing a stream or river.

4. n., A hillock: He puu; he kiekie ma kekahi aoao.

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ʻĀhua

iʻoaproper noun / ā-hŭ'a / WahiLocation, Parker (1922),

a heap. Land section. Kona, Oʻahu.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Oʻahu Kona

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Āhua

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Ancient surfing area off Coconut Island, Hilo, Hawaiʻi (Finney and Houston 26).
  2. Point, ʻEwa qd., Oʻahu.
  3. Street, Moanalua, Honolulu, Oʻahu, named for an ancient fishpond in the area (TM).
  • Literally, heap.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi Oʻahu

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ʻĀhua

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Reef, Hickam Air Force Base, Oʻahu. West of Hickam Harbor and off Fort Kamehameha housing. Remnant of the large reef that was dredged during the 1940s during the construction of the seaplane runways in Keʻehi Lagoon and at ʻĀhua Point, filled in the 1970s to accommodate the Reef Run-way, and dredged in the 1970s to construct the Hickam Harbor Channel. The remnant of the reef lies between Hickam Harbor Channel and Pearl Harbor Channel. Near shore the reef is a shallow tidal flat that is a popular fishing and reef-walking site.

  • Literally, heap.

Nā LepiliTags: Oʻahu

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Any place elevated in the manner of a high path; bank formed by sand at the mouth of a river; ford or passing place across a stream.

(ke) ahua bank; ford : to be raised on a platform.

1. Any place elevated in the manner of a high path; a bank in the sea (AP); a bank formed by the sand at a mouth of a river (AP) (T); a ford; a place for passing a stream or river; a hillock (AP). 2. A mound or small hill (HE). 3. Heap of stones. 4. Smaller in size than a puu, a rise in the land or hillocks (SMK) (DM). 5. A high spot on a ridge (SMK).

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