kūau
/ kū.au /1. n., An endemic fern (Asplenium kaulfussii) with oblong fronds about 60 cm. long, with twelve or more pairs of narrow, pointed pinnae.
2. n., A sea creature (perhaps Aplysia 🌐 sp.).
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kūʻau
/ kū.ʻau /n., Handle, stem, stalk, shaft, stick or mallet used in beating; shank limb of a fishhook.
- Examples:
- Ka wai kūʻau hoe a ka lawaiʻa, the water of the paddle handle of the fisherman [a famous trickling water on the cliffs along the Nāpali coast, Kauaʻi; thirsty fishermen stuck the paddle handles into the cliff and let the water trickle down into their mouths]. See Waikūʻahoe, Pukui, Elbert, and Mookini, 1974.
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KU-AU
s. The stick or mallet with which the kapa is beaten out.
2. The handle of an oo; kuau oo; the handle of a hoe. See KANO.
3. The handle of a knife, file, auger, &c.
Kuau (kū'-ă'u), n.
/ kū'-ă'u /1. That part of an implement which is held in the hand when used. Syn: Kano.
2. The stick or mallet with which the tapa is beaten out. Syn: Ie kuku or kuku kapa.
3. The handle of a knife, file, auger, etc.
Kūʻau
- Land division, Pāʻia qd., Maui.
- Rock at Mōkapu peninsula, Oʻahu, known today as Pyramid Rock; it is believed to have given birth to other stones.
Literally, handle.
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Kūʻau
- 1. Windsurf site, Kūʻau, Maui. In the center of the Kūʻau community at the public right-of-way on ʻAleiki Place. Access to the open ocean is through a narrow channel in the rocks known as Ako Channel.
- 2. Rock, Mōkapu, Oʻahu. At the north end of Pyramid Rock Beach. Also known as Pyramid Rock.
Literally, shank of a fishhook.
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kūʻau
Stick or mallet for beating kapa.
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