kā.ʻaha
n. Stick, rod, or wand with leaves and tapa at one end, held by the priest while sacrificing in the temple.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
E huli iā “kāʻaha” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kāʻaha” on Ulukau.