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wailua

kikinonoun / wai.lua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Spirit, ghost; remains of the dead.

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻihoʻi ʻia aku kona kino wailua ā hoʻomoe ʻia maloko o ka pā ilina, his remains were taken and laid away in the cemetery.
  • References:
    • PEP wailua.

2. n., An ancient variety of sweet potato, presumably introduced from Wailua, Kauaʻi.

Nā LepiliTags: flora Kauaʻi religion ʻuala

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wailua

kikinonoun / WAI-LU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A ghost or spirit of one seen before or after death, separate from the body. See kinowailua and kinoakalau.

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wailua

kikinonoun / wă'i-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Same as kinowailua.

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Wailua

iʻoaproper noun / wā'i-lu'ā / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

two waters. Stream, Puna, Kauai.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Kauaʻi

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Wailua

iʻoaproper noun / Wai-luā / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Land division and stream, Honomū qd.; land division, Honuʻapo qd., Hawaiʻi.
  2. State park, land division, river, falls, valley, town, and golf course, Līhuʻe qd., Kauaʻi.
  3. Heiau, a place of refuge, and birth stones here are said to be in excellent condition. (UL 255.) See Kaʻōhala.
  4. Bay, Kīpahulu qd., Maui.
  • Literally, two waters.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi Kauaʻi Maui

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Wailua

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),
  1. Beach, surf site, Wailua, Kauaʻi. Long, wide calcareous sand beach across Kūhiō Highway from the Coco Palms Resort. Wailua River at the south end of the beach is normally barred by beach sand. The surf site is a shorebreak on the shallow sandbar off the beach and is also known as Coco Palms.
  2. Monument, Kīpahulu, Maui. The wooden cross in the center of this remote coastal valley was erected on March 12, 1906, to honor Helio Koaeloa, who was called the Apostle of Maui. A devout Catholic, Koaeloa converted many Hawaiians to Catholicism before his death in 1848. He was buried in Wailua, the valley of his birth.
  3. Bay, beach, surf site, Wailua, Maui. Bay fronted by a boulder beach with a deep-water surf site offshore. Wailua is one of the most famous taro-producing areas on Maui.
  4. Pond, Kahana, Oʻahu. Small pond at the north end of Kahana Beach that was once a muliwai—a pond separated from the ocean by the beach.
  • Literally, two waters.

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Ghost or spirit of someone seen before or after death, separate from the body. Kinowailua is a poetical name for a ghost or spirit of someone who is living, seen distinct from and in a different place from his body.

Ancient variety of sweet potato, probably transferred from Wailua, Kauaʻi. (HP 143.)

spirit.

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