Kumu-kahi
n. Easternmost cape, Hawaiʻi. Kumu-kahi and the western extremity of the islands at Lehua are mentioned poetically (welo 2, welona).
Kumukahi (kŭ-mŭ-kā'-hi), n.
/ kŭ-mŭ-kā'-hi /Origin; beginning or occasion of any thing.
Kumukahi (ku'mu-kā'hi):
/ ku'mu-kā'hi /first or chief source. Channel, Kauai-Niihau.
Kumu-kahi
Easternmost cape, Hawaiʻi, named for a migratory hero from Kahiki who stopped here and who is represented by a red stone. Two of his wives, also in the form of stones, manipulated the seasons by pushing the sun back and forth between them. One of the wives was named Haʻehaʻe. Sun worshipers brought their sick to be healed here. (HM 119.) Another Kumu-kahi, the favorite younger brother of Kama-lālā-walu, lived here or near here (For. Sel. 250). Also the name of a chief who pleased Pele but who ridiculed her; she heaped lava over him, thus forming the cape (Westervelt, 1963:28). Channel between Niʻihau and Lehua islands. Lit., first beginning.
Kumukahi
1. Light, point, Puna, Hawaiʻi. Easternmost point of the Big Island and, therefore, of the Hawaiian Islands. Small black sand storm beaches, or pockets of cinder on the sea cliffs, are found here. Some of these are green sand beaches, or black sand mixed with olivine. Lava from the 1960 Kapoho eruption added 3 miles of new shore at Kumukahi and nearly overran the light, stopping only a few feet away. 2. Channel, Niʻihau. The channel between Lehua and Niʻihau. Lit., first beginning or origin.
Kumu-kāhi
Easternmost cape of Hawaiʻi, named for a wandering hero from Tahiti and associated with a red stone.
kumukahi
origin; beginning or occasion for any thing.
E huli iā “kumukahi” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kumukahi” on Ulukau.