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n. Stick, rod, or wand with leaves and tapa at one end, held by the priest while sacrificing in the temple.

s. A stick or rod having at one end a bunch of leaves with kapa fastened, and held by the priest while offering sacrifice on the heiau.

s. The name of a long fish.

Kaaha (kā-ă'-ha), n.

/ kā-ă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ka, the, and aha.]

1. Cord braided from the husk of the coconut. Syn: Aha.

2. Wand or staff of authority used by a priest in blessing the sacrifice placed on the lele (altar).

3. Same as aha, a species of fish.

Ka-ʻaha

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Point, Kohala qd.; coastal area, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. Peak, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Street, Mō-ʻiliʻili, Honolulu, named for John Kaʻaha (died about 1940), principal of Ka-lihi Kai School; he built a home at Mō-ʻiliʻili quarry. (TM.) Lit., the assembly.

Kaʻaha

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Camping site, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiʻi. Pocket of black sand in a small inlet in on a wide, flat rocky point at the intersection of the Kāluʻe and Hilina Pali Trails. Lit., the assembly.

Stick or rod with a bunch of leaves covered with kapa, held by the priest while offering a sacrifice in the temple.

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