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Inu-wai

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. Name of a sea breeze. Lit., water drinking. See sayings, lomia, milikaʻa. Hao ka Inu-wai, maloʻo ka lau lāʻau, the Inu-wai blows, the tree leaves wither [of pillage].

I-NU-WAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Inu, to drink, and wai, water. Name of a sea breeze at Lehua on Kauai.

I-NU-WAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Epithet of such Hawaiians as have signed the total abstinence pledge; ka poe puali inuwai, the army of water drinkers.

Inuwai (ĭ'-nŭ-wa'i), n.

/ ĭ'-nŭ-wa'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The name of a sea breeze which blows over the island of Lehua, near Kauai.

2. The name of a temperance society that once existed among the Hawaiians.

īnu-wai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sea breeze at Lehua on Kauaʻi.

E huli iā “inu-wai” ma Ulukau.

Search for “inu-wai” on Ulukau.

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