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KūmoleSource:

n., Name of a district on Hawaiʻi.

Nā LepiliTags: Kaʻū Hawaiʻi epithets

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Kaʻū.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Kaʻū epithets

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Kaʻū

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. District, desert, elementary and high school, trail, and peak (2,082 feet high), Hawaiʻi. Poetic: Kaʻū kua makani and UL 65. (For sayings, see Appendix 8.1.) See Kaʻūloa. Kaʻū is an ancient name, with cognates in Samoa (Taʻū) and Mortlock Islands (Takuu): see Appendix 9.
  2. Small point and bay, Kīpahulu qd., Maui.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi Maui Kaʻū

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the waves of Paiāhaʻa [an ancient surfing area of] Kaʻū. Lit., lift and sway, waves. Paiāhaʻa means surging.

windy back. Probably refers to the hills of Kaʻū.

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