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kunawai

kikino ｜ noun / kuna•wai / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Anadromy, anadromous.

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    • He iʻa kunawau ke kāmano, ʻo ia hoʻi, neʻekau ke kāmano mai ke kai a i ka wai e hānau hua ai. Salmon are anadromous fish, i.e. they migrate from salt water to fresh water to spawn.
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Kunawai (ku'na-wā'i):

/ ku'na-wā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

watery eczema. Land section, Oahu.

Kuna-wai

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

Lane, springs, and playground in the Liliha area, Lanakila section, Honolulu, named for a supernatural freshwater eel (kuna) who lived in a sacred pool (wai) here where wild ducks never swam. A chief, Ka-hānai-a-ke-kua, bathed here. He was reared at Waolani heiau by the gods Kāne and Kanaloa; he married his younger sister and became the ruling chief of Oʻahu with the Mū, Wā, and Menehune as his servants (HM 300, 365). Some believe that the water has healing qualities. Four kuleana of this name in the area were awarded to Hawaiians in the early 1850s. (Indices 723.)

Kunawai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Spring between Liliha Street and the old insane asylum. Considered sacred by early Hawaiians. It was the residence of a moʻo (water spirit) named for a fresh water eel (kuna) that lived in the spring-fed pond (wai) where wild ducks never lived. (PE.)

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