huahekili
/ hua.hekili /1. n., Hail. Literally, thunder fruit.
- References:
- Puk. 9.18.
2. n., Rare name for the beach naupaka (Scaevola) plant.
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HU-A-HE-KI-LI
s. Hua, egg, and hekili, thunder. LIT. A thunder egg.
1. A hail stone; hail. Puk. 9:18, 22. NOTE.—It generally thunders during the hail storms on the mountains of Hawaii, hence the supposition that hail was produced by thunder.
2. The name of a plant used in medicine.
Huahekili (hū'-ă-hē'-kī'-li), n.
/ hū'-ă-hē'-kī'-li /[Hua, egg, and hekili, thunder. Lit. A thunder egg.]
1. A hail stone; hail. (Thunder generally occurs during hail storms on the mountains of Hawaii, hence the supposition that hail was produced by thunder.)
2. The seed of a plant used in medicine, called also hoawa or papaahekili.
huahekili
Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada). (NEAL 820.) See Plants: Uses, naupaka kahakai.
huahekili
Hailstones. See naupaka kahakai.
huahekili
Hail, hailstone. Lit., fruit thunder or egg thunder. It generally thunders during mountain storms in Hawaiʻi, hence the belief that hail was produced by thunder.
HUAHEKILI
I. oia ke kulu ua i paa i ke anu maluna loa ma ka ea. Oia kekahi mea ino i haule mai, maluna o ko Aigupita, Puk. 9:24. O ka huahekili mai Iehova mai kekahi mea e hoohee ai i ka poe kaua o Kanaana, Ios. 10:11. He olelo hoailona ia o na mea ino loa mai ke Akua mai, Is. 28:2; Hoik. 16:21.
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