Halemano
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / hā'le-māno' /shark's house. Land section, Kipahulu, Hawaii.
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Halemano
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Hale-mano /Same as Helemano.
- Literally, many houses.
- References:
- For. Sel. 250; RC 207, 424; UL 242.
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Halemanō
iʻoa ｜ proper nounSurf site, Kaʻalāwai, Oʻahu. The Littlejohn family has lived and surfed at Kaʻalāwai for many years. During the 1930s when Bill Littlejohn began surfing at Black Point at the east end of Kaʻalāwai Beach, he named the site Halemanō, “house [of the] shark,” for the numerous sharks that he saw there. Halemanō is now commonly mispronounced “Halemanu.” The surf site is off the public right-of-way on Kaikoʻo Place. Also known as Kaikoʻo.
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Halemano
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Hale-mano /A romantic Oʻahu anti-hero who wooed, sometimes with success, the beautiful but fickle Puna princess, Kamalālāwalu. The account of the kilu (quoits) match contains some of the most beautiful of Hawaiian poetry. At the end of the tale the lovers apparently tire of one another.
- Literally, many houses.
- References:
- See ʻAikanaka #3.
- FS 250-293.
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