n.
1. A strong mountain wind, often destructive, at Lahaina, Maui. Lit., the red rain [referring to red soil washed away by a storm]. Ke kukui pio ʻole i ke Ka-ua-ʻula, the light not extinguished by Ka-ua-ʻula [in praise of Lahaina Luna school].
2. (Not cap.) Kind of soft, reddish porous stone used for polishing and smoothing and as sinker for octopus lure.
s. A kind of soft porous stone.
s. A strong wind from the mountains, occasioned by the breaking over of the trade winds; often destructive at Lahaina.
adj. Strong; raging; furious; applied to the trade winds when they break over the hills back of Lahaina; he leo o ka makani Kauaula ka'u i lohe iho nei.
Strong; raging; furious; applied to the trade winds when they break over the hills back of Lahaina: he leo o ka makani kauaula kau i lohe iho nei.
A kind of soft porous stone used in rubbing to make smooth or even.
A strong wind from the mountains, occasioned by the breaking over of the trade winds; often destructive at Lahaina.
red war. Land section, Lahaina, Maui.
Land division, stream, tunnel, reservoir, and ditch, La-haina qd., Maui. Lit., the red rain.
Strong wind from the mountains, occasioned by the breaking over of the northeast trade wind. Often destructive at Lahaina. (A.) Ke kukui pio ʻole i ke Kaua ʻula, the light which the Kaua-ʻula cannot blow out. Said of Lahainaluna School. (PE.)
E huli iā “kauaʻula” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kauaʻula” on Ulukau.