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koaʻe

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. The tropic or boatswain bird, particularly the white-tailed tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus dorotheae), which inhabits cliffs of the high islands. The red-tailed tropic bird (P. rubricauda rothschildi) is koaʻe ʻula; the white is koaʻe kea. Ka pali lele koaʻe, cliff [where] tropic birds fly. (PPN tawake.)

2. A variety of banana. (Neal 249.) Also aʻeaʻe and manini.

3. A taro; varieties are qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, ʻulaʻula.

4. A snapper, probably Etelis carbunculus, an important commercial fish also known as onaga (Japanese).

5. A variety of sweet potato.

koae

/ KO-AE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., White; of a whitish color; bright.

koae

/ KO-AE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The name of a species of white bird which is found about precipices.

2. The name of a species of red fish.

Koae (kō'-a'e), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

White; of a whitish color; bright.

Koae (kō'-a'e), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A red-tailed tropical bird (Phaethon rubricauda). Also known as kaula. The feathers of this and another species, called the salmon-tailed tropical bird, were highly esteemed for use in the making of kahilis.

2. A snapper fish (Bowersia ulaula). Also known as ulaula. Color, brownish or purplish olivaceous above, pale on side, under parts nearly white.

3. A variety of the sweet potato.

Koae (ko'-āe):

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

tropic bird. Land section. Kau, Hawaii.

Koaʻe

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

Village and land section, Makuʻu qd., Hawaiʻi, perhaps named for Puna-ʻai-koaʻe (Puna, ruled by tropicbird), a supernatural being with a tropicbird form who once lived near here at Pū-ʻula; he is seen today flying over Kī-lau-ea Crater. See Kīkī. Cone, Kī-lau-ea qd., Hawaiʻi. Street, Wai-ʻalae-Kāhala, Honolulu. Lit., tropicbird.

koaʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

A banana striped white and green. (CMH.) Might be named after the koaʻe bird. (DK.)

koaʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Snapper (Etelis marsh). Has a reddish body and grows to 24 inches. This is a food fish which lives beyond the reef.

Koaʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Younger brother of Pele.

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