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1. nvs. Intervening space or time; channel, canal, strait, gulch; separated, as by a passage or channel. Ke Kōwā o Pēlina, Bering Straits. hoʻo.kō.wā To separate by a space.

2. (Cap.) n. Star name (no data). (Kuhelani.)

v. To separate; to divide between two things.

s. See KOA and WA, a space. A vacant space between two things, as

1. The spaces between the fingers or toes.

2. A strip or space of water between two lands; hence, the channel of a harbor.

3. A strait or sound.

Kowa (kō'-wā'), n.

/ kō'-wā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Koa and wa, a space.]

1. A vacant space between two things, as:

2. The spaces between the fingers or toes.

3. A strip or space of water between two lands; hence, channel of a harbor; a strait or sound.

Kowa (kō'-wā'), v.

/ kō'-wā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be separated so as to form a narrow pass or passage between. (Hookowa, to make a space between; to separate.)

Kōwā

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Channel between Coconut Island and the main island at Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Lit., Channel.

space, strait, channel.

E huli iā “kōwā” ma Ulukau.

Search for “kōwā” on Ulukau.

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