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Also ʻikuwā.

1. nvs., Noisy, clamorous, loud-voiced; to make a din; din, clamor; voices of the gods in the elements.

• Examples:
  • ʻIkuwā nā manu i ka nahele, the birds make a din in the forest.

2. (Cap.) n., Month of the Hawaiian year, named, according to Kepelino, for the roar of surf, thunder, and cloudbursts of this month.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ʻIkuwā i pohā kōʻeleʻele, ʻikuwā ke kai, ʻikuwā ka hekili, ʻikuwā ka manu, ʻIkuwā is the month when dark storms arise, sea roars, thunder roars, birds roar.
• Related:
  • Pohā-kōʻeleʻele is a variant name: see month.
• References:
  • Kep. 95.