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Kūlanihākoʻi

/ Kū-lani-hā.koʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Mythical pond or lake in the sky; its overflow comes to the earth as rain. Literally, like heaven agitated.

  • Examples:
    • ʻEloʻelo i ka wai o Kūlanihākoʻi, drenched by the water of Kūlanihākoʻi [soaked by a heavy rain].
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KU-LA-NI-HA-KOI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Ku, to stand, lani, high up, and[illegible]hakoi, heavy. What is above or on high; a supposed place in the heavens from which the waters of rain came; the windows of heaven. Isa. 24:18. Ina i nui ke ao eleele ma ua poipu la, ua manao ia aia maloko olaila o Kulanihakoi, nolaila mai ka hekili, ka uila, ka makani, ka ua, ka ino nui.

Kulanihakoi (kū'-lă'-nĭ-hă'-ko'i), n.

/ kū'-lă'-nĭ-hă'-ko'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ku, the god, Ku, represented in rain and storm, lani, heaven, and hakoi, heavy.] What is above or on high; a supposed place in the heavens from which the waters of rain came; the windows of heaven: Ina i nui ke ao eleele ma ua poipu la, ua manao, ia aia maloko olaila o Kulanihakoi, nolaila mai ka hekili, ka uila, ka makani, ka ua, ka ino nui.

Kū-lani-hākoʻi

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

Gulch, Puʻu-o-kali qd., Maui, named for a mythical pond in the sky land, Ke-alohi-lani. Lit., agitated heaven that stands.

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