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ahuula

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

s., Ahu, a garment, and ula, red.

1. A red feathered cloak; a cloak made of the feathers of the oo and the red feathers of the iiwi, worn by kings and high chiefs; a gorgeous dress. Laieik. 112.

2. A kind of fish net; ka upena puni, a haku a maikai.

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ahuula

kikinonoun / ā'-hu-u'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ahu, a garment, and ula, red.] A red-feathered cloak; a cloak made of the feathers of the oo and the red feathers of the iiwi, worn by kings and high chiefs; a gorgeous dress. (Laieik, p. 112.) (The feathers are woven into olona nets of the finest mesh called upena-puni and upena nukunuku-aula.)

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ʻAhuʻula

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Kalihi Kai, Honolulu, Oʻahu.

  • Literally, feather cape.

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Cloak or royal dress adorned with feathers. Originally such cloaks were red, ula, but now all cloaks are ʻahuʻula.

Net with small meshes. Others with fine mesh; nae, puni, naepuni and ʻupena ʻōhua palemo.

Feather cloak or cloak of mamo, ʻoʻo, ʻiʻiwi or other birdsʻ feathers.

feathered cloak.

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