n.
1. Term of address for a male's sister or female cousin, sometimes replacing the more common kaikuahine. (PPN tuafafine.)
2. (More commonly Tuahine). Name of a misty rain famous in Mānoa, Oʻahu, named for Kuahine, who turned to rain after the murder of her daughter, Ka-hala-o-Puna; the rain is also in other localities. See ex., haʻalulu, haʻanipo.
s. A sister of a brother; e kuu lani, eia ko kuahine, o Kahalaomapuana, ka mea au e aloha nui nei. Laieik. 176.
A sister of a brother: E kuu lani, eia ko kuahine, o Kahalaomapuana, ka mea au e aloha nui nei; Here is your sister, Kahalaomapuana, the one whom you greatly love. Laieik. p. 176.
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Drive, Mānoa, Honolulu, named for a Mānoa rain brought by a "sister." (TM.) Lit., sister of a male.
brother’s sister.
E huli iā “kuahine” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kuahine” on Ulukau.