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wailele

kikino ｜ noun / wai.lele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Waterfall, cataract, cascade.

  • Literally, leaping water.
  • References:
    • PCP wailele; cf. Marquesan vaiʻeʻe.

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wailele

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

Kiʻo wai wailele. Plunge pool, i.e. the pool at the base of a waterfall.

wailele

kikino ｜ noun / WAI-LE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Wai and lele, to jump; to fly. A cataract; a waterfall. See waihi.

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wailele

kikino ｜ noun / wă'i-lē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Wai, water, and lele, to jump; to fly.] A cataract; a waterfall.

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Wailele

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / wā'i-le'le / Wahi ｜ Location, Parker (1922),

water fall. Land section, Oahu.

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Wailele

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

Falls, Ka-malō qd., north Molokaʻi. Gulch, Puʻu-kapu qd., Oʻahu; street, Ka-lihi Uka, Honolulu, named in 1865 by Prince Lot for a waterfall of the same name. (TM.) Lit., waterfall.

Wailele

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Gathering site, Waipiʻo, Maui. Section of Waipiʻo Bay where Waipiʻo Stream meets the ocean. ʻOpihi gathering site. Lit., waterfall.

wailele

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

waterfall, cataract.

wailele

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Waterfall (SMK) (PE).

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