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n., Stream, creek, river; valley, ravine, gulch, whether wet or dry.

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• Related:
  • Koʻana kahawai. Stream sediment.
  • ʻAumana kahawai. Stream tributary.

s. Kaha, a small stream, and wai, water. A brook; a rivulet; a water course; a cascade; a stream with frequent rapids; any small stream. Kanl. 8:7.

[Kaha, cut, and wai, water.]

1. A brook; a rivulet; a water course; a cascade; a stream with frequent rapids; any small stream.

2. A ravine, wet or dry; any channel formed by water or through which water flows.

brook or stream. Land section, Waialua. Oahu.

rushes down hillsides; but we seldom find a river (muliwai) that remains a constant flowing stream. To squirt water is ki; to pour it, ninini; to sprinkle it, kapipi. The pattering of raindrops is paka or lokuloku; their gentle dripping would be called nākulukulu. The dashing of waves against seacliffs is ʻūhā; the rippling of waves, ne; the murmuring, kamumu.

The mountain torrent or cataract (kahawai) rushes down hillsides; but we seldom find a river (muli- wai) that remains a constant flowing stream.

I. E nana MULIWAI.

I. Ua loaa pinepine ia keia mau huaolelo ma ka Baibala, Kin. 31:21; 41:1; Nah. 13:23; 34:5. Muliwai, he mahuahua ka wai. Kahawai, he wai kahe ia; nui ka wai i kekahi manawa, maloo i kekahi manawa, Iob. 6:15-20 ; Ier. 15:18. E nana IOREDANE, NILE.

stream, river, ravine,

1. “The word ʻkahawai’ means not only the flowing stream but also the bed or channel of the stream including the portion of such channel covered only in times of high water or of freshets.” Wailuku Sugar Co. v. Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co., 13 Haw. 583, 585 (1901). 2. “The word ʻkahawai,’ although it may etymologically mean ʻwater-mark’ and may be used to denote a dry gulch in which there was formerly a stream, undoubtedly was used here in the sense of ʻstream’.” Wailuku Sugar Co. v. Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co., 13 Haw. 583, 587 (1901). (Frear, C.J., dissenting.) 3. Stream; ravine (wet or dry); streambed. 4. Area where water flows continuously (SAM). 5. A natural watercourse (DM). 6. Brook (HRH). 7. Any deep place lying lengthwise (SAM) (DM). 8. A brook; a stream; a ravine, wet or dry (T). 9. Stream, creek, river; valley, ravine, gulch, whether wet or dry (PE). 10. A brook; a rivulet; a water course; any small stream; a ravine, wet or dry; any channel formed by water or through which water flows (AP). Also, awāwa and kololio (SMK).