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kīnaʻu

kikinonoun / kī.naʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Stain, blemish, defect, minor flaw or imperfection, mistake, blunder.

  • Examples:
    • ʻUla kīnaʻu (PH 39), red streaked with dark.

2. n., An eel.

3. n., Young of aku and kawakawa.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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Kīnaʻu

iʻoaproper noun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

iʻoa, Avior, a star.

  • Source:
    • Mānaleo (HA).

Nā LepiliTags: astronomy

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kinau

kikinonoun / KI-NAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Name of a species of fish.

2. The name of a god.

3. The name of a species of a small white eel living in the sand.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish religion

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kinau

kikinonoun / kī'-na'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A species of fish also called kawakawa.

2. n., A species of small eel living in the sand. This eel is said to take its color from the sand in which it lives.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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Kīnaʻu

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Cape, Mākena qd., Maui. Kamehameha Schools dormitory built in 1931, street parallel to Beretania, and State office building, named for the daughter of Kamehameha I and Kaheiheimālie, and wife of Kekūʻanaōʻa; she was the mother of Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, Victoria Kamāmalu, and Kekūāiwa. After Kaʻahumanu’s death she became kuhina nui for Kamehameha III, an office she held until her death in 1839 at the age of 35 (RC 348). In a chant in her honor, Kīnaʻu is said to have been named for a mythical bird, Kamanukīnaʻu-a-Pae.

  • Literally, flaw.

Nā LepiliTags: Maui

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Kinaʻu

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Cape, Honuaʻula, Maui. Point that is part of the ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve.

  • Literally, flaw.

Nā LepiliTags: Maui

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A god. No data. (A.)

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