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1. n., Plain, field, open country, pasture.

• Examples:
  • Kō kula kai, shore dweller.
• Related:
  • An act of 1884 distinguished dry or kula land from wet or taro land.

2. n., Source; container.

• Examples:
  • Kula kālā, source of monetary income.
  • Kula loaʻa, source of profit or gain.
• References:
  • See kula kakalina, kula wai, kula waiwai.

3. n., Basket-like fish trap.

• Rare

4. nvi., School, academy; to teach school, go to school; to hold school or class sessions.

• Source:
  • English.
• Examples:
  • Kula ʻia, to be educated in school, sent to school.
  • Kumu kula, school teacher.
• Related:
  • Specialized schools are usually kula aʻo, as kula aʻo hana lima, manual training school, school of arts and crafts; kula aʻo hīmeni, singing school; kula aʻo hulahula, dancing school; kula aʻo humuhumu, sewing school; kula aʻo kamana, carpenter's school; kula aʻo kuke, cooking school.
• References:
  • Cf. kukula.

5. Also gula. nvs., Gold; golden.

• Source:
  • English.

• Related:
  • Leka kūloko kula. Campus mail.

1. s., The country in rear of the sea shore; the open country back from the sea. LIT. The name of the region of a mountain near its base, next below the pahee; it is a region where houses may be built and people live. It extends to the region called kahakai, or sea shore.

2. Any open uncultivated land. Kin. 3:1.

3. A field for cultivation. Nah. 16:14.

4. Uncultivated land in the neighborhood of a city, i. e., suburbs. Nah. 35:3, 4.

5. A field; a pasture.

6. A place in a tree or trees where for the sake of flowers, perhaps, birds assemble and sit; he kula manu paha keia e walaau nei.

7. The name of the ancient god who could overleap fences and mountains, perch on straws, converse with all the other gods, &c., &c.

8. The name of a species of fish caught in a basket; hinai kula.

v., To be in, or to have perpetual solitude, as to live in uncultivated and uninhabited places; e paa mai ka meha o ka la, e uhi mai ka malu.

s., Eng. A school; a place of instruction; ua kukulu ia keia kula i wahi e imi ai i ka naauao.

2. Kula is often written incorrectly for gula, gold.

adj., Eng. for gula. Golden; made of gold.

adj., [Modern] Golden; made of gold.

1. n., The country in the rear of the sea shore; the open country back from the sea. Literally, The name of the region of a mountain near its base, next below the pahee; it is a region where people may live and houses may be built. It extends to the region called kahakai, or sea shore.

2. n., Any open uncultivated land.

3. n., A field for cultivation.

4. n., Uncultivated land in the neighborhood of a city, i. e., suburbs.

5. n., A field; a pasture.

6. n., Upland in distinction from wet or meadow land.

7. n., Place for landing from deep water; spot where a canoe or a swimmer touches bottom.

8. n., Place where birds gather in crowds.

9. n., Name of an ancient god who could overleap fences and mountains, perch on straws and converse with other gods.

10. n., A basket-like fish trap.

11. n., [English] A school; a place of instruction: ua kukulu ia keia kula i wahi e imi ai i ka naauao.

12. n., [Modern] Gold.

13. n., Name in common of ornaments made of gold.

1. v., To be in, or to have perpetual solitude, as to live in uncultivated and uninhabited places: e paa mai ka meha o ka la, e uhi mai ka malu.

2. v., To teach; to impart instruction.

3. v., To learn.

dry upland. Land section, Puna, Hawaii.

Open country, plain, field, pasture; land area at the base of a mountain; an area for houses and people. Opposed to wet land such as taro land. (DK.)

Gold.

gold.

dry land; field; open land.

1. Dry. McBryde Sugar Co. v. Robinson, 55 Haw. 260, 272 (1973). 2. Dry land. Palolo Land and Improvement Co., Ltd. v. Territory of Hawaii, 18 Haw. 30, 31 (1906); Peters v. Kupihea, 39 Haw 327, 329 (1952); State v. Hawaiian Dredging Co., 48 Haw. 152, 162 (1964). 3. Upland. State v. Midkiff, 49 Haw. 456, 469 (1966). 4. Land having no water rights. Kalamakee v. Wharton, 16 Haw. 228, 230 (1904). 5. Dry open land; grass land. 6. Plains; place suitable for habitation; open country, grass land (T). 7. Open country, below the pahee and ilima regions (SMK). 8. Area below the pahu region (SAM). 9. Area below the paheʻe region (DM). 10. Open field (HRH). 11. Plain, field, open country, pasture. An act of 1884 distinguished dry or kula land from wet or taro land (PE). 12. Dry, open, uncultivated land; a field for cultivation (AP). 13. The country in the rear of the sea shore, the open country back from the sea; the name of the region of a mountain near its base, next below the paheʻe; any open uncultivated land; a field for cultivation; a field, a pasture; upland in distinction from wet or meadow land (AP).