kala.lau
n. A variety of taro; corm white, yielding gray poi; perhaps originated in Ka-lalau, Kauaʻi.
Ka-lalau
n. A valley on northwest Kauaʻi, uninhabited and difficult of access in 1977. Hele i Ka-lalau, go to Ka-lalau [go astray; see lalau].
KA-LA-LAU
s. The name of a place on Kauai.
KA-LA-LAU
v. To call, as one person to another; napelepele kalalau owali i ka makani.
Kalalau (kă'-lă-lā'u), n.
1. A tableland on Mount Waialeale, on the island of Kauai. "Nani Kalalau, he aina pali," beautiful Kalalau, a land of cliffs.
2. A series of palis or famous cliffs on the north side of Kauai. "Napelepele Kalalau, owali i ka makani," Uncertain is Kalalau, swinging in the wind. The words refer to the swinging ladders at Kalalau.
Kalalau (kă-lā'-la'u):
the wanderer. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.
Ka-lalau
Land section, Hilo and Honomū qds., Hawaiʻi. Stream, valley, trail, land section, and beach, northwest Kauaʻi. (For. Sel. 81; UL 102). Lit., the straying. (On Hawaiʻi, two beautiful girls were seen swimming here, and when the viewers pushed through jungle or stream to find them, they had strayed [lalau]. Aia akula i Ka-lalau, there at Straying—said of one who behaves foolishly.)
Kalalau
1. Beach, camping site, surf site, Nā Pali, Kauaʻi. One of five beaches within Nā Pali Coast State Park. Long, wide calcareous sand beach on the shore of Kalalau Valley, fronted by a sandbar and backed by low vegetated dunes. During the summer, sand accretes to the west, extending into the large sea caves at the end of beach. The campsites border the beach. The surf site is a shorebreak on the sandbar. 2. Trail, Nā Pali, Kauaʻi. Kalalau is the most famous coastal wilderness hiking destination in Hawaiʻi. The Kalalau Trail is an 11-mile hiking trail that begins at Kēʻē Beach in Hāʻena State Park and ends in Kalalau Valley in the Nā Pali Coast State Park. Between Kēʻē and Kalalau, the trail follows the sea cliffs, dropping down to sea level only at Hanakāpīʻai, 2 miles in from the start. Lit., the straying.
Ka-lalau
Lookout on an eminence at the head of Ka-lalau Valley, Kauaʻi, from which one can gaze down into the valley and out onto the ocean. The lookout, at the edge of the pali, is guarded by a fenced walkway.
E huli iā “kalalau” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kalalau” on Ulukau.