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kūāhua

/ kū.ā.hua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Heap, pile; heaped or piled up; rising up, as a whale's back above water. Literally, back heap (ʻāhua).

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    • hoʻokūāhua Caus/sim.

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KU-A-HU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Kua, back, and ahua, a raised place. To bend upward, as the back; to rise above water, as a whale's back.

Kuahua (kū'-ă-hū'-a), n.

/ kū'-ă-hū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A humpbacked person. Syn: Kuapuu.

2. A rising above the general surface of anything.

Kuahua (kū'-ă-hū'-a), v.

/ kū'-ă-hū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kua, back, and ahua, a raised place.]

1. To bend upward, as the back.

2. To rise above water, as a whale's back.

3. To be bent upward.

4. To be humpbacked.

Kū-āhua

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Coastal land area, north Lā-naʻi. Islet, Wai-pahu qd., Oʻahu. Lit., standing heap.

kuāhua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hunchback. See kuapuʻu, lanai. (Oihk. 21:20.)

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