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āhole

kikino ｜ noun / ā.hole / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., An endemic fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis 🌐) found in both fresh and salt water. The mature stage is āhole, the young stage āholehole. Because of the meaning of hole, to strip away, this fish was used for magic, as to chase away evil spirits and for love magic. It was also called a "sea pig" (puaʻa kai) and used ceremonially as a substitute for pig. Foreigners were sometimes called āhole because of the light skin of the fish.

  • Examples:
    • He āhole ka iʻa, hole ke aloha, āhole is the fish, love is restless [of āhole fish used in love magic].

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ahole

kikino ｜ noun / A-HO-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Name of a species of white fish.

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ahole

kikino ｜ noun / ā-hŏ'-lě / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A fish resembling the white perch or sea bass. Color, bright silvery, bluish on back. Common in streams and in brackish water.

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Ahole

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / ā-hŏ'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

a species of white fish (Kuhlia malo). Stream, Hilo, Hawaii.

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Āhole

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Rock islet (0.15 acres, 40 feet elevation), Kīpahulu qd., East Maui.

  • Literally, Kuhlia sandvicensis (a fish).

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Āhole

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Island (.15 acres, 40 feet high), Kīpahulu, Maui. Adult Hawaiian flagtail fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis).

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ʻāhole

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hawaiian flag-tail fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis), both a salt-and freshwater fish. It attains a length of 9 inches. The young, āholehole, live close to the shore line.

āhole

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fish found in fresh or salt water, substituted for a human body as a sacrifice in the post hole (pouomanu) on a house building site before construction.

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