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Kanaloa

/ Kana.loa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. A major god.

  • References:
    • PPN Tangaloa.

2. (Not cap.) n., A sea shell (Phasianelidae).

3. (Not cap.) n., Young stage of the hou, a fish.

4. n., A name for Kahoʻolawe Island.

  • References:
    • PH 75.

5. (Not cap.) See pahu kanaloa.

6. (Not cap.) vs., Secure, firm, immovable, established, unconquerable.

  • Examples:
    • Ua kanaloa ka nohona i kēia wahi, residence is securely established at this place.

7. (Not cap.) n., Poetic term for food.

  • Rare

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kanaloa

/ KA-NA-LO-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

See KUKANALOA.

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kanaloa

/ KA-NA-LO-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. The name of a small fish.

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Kanaloa (kă'-nă-lō'-a), n.

/ kă'-nă-lō'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. A deity, brother of Kane. See kukanaloa.

2. A species of fish. Same as pakaiele.

3. Security; firmness; the state of being immovable.

Kanaloa (kă'-nă-lō'-a), v.

/ kă'-nă-lō'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker,

To be established; to be unconquerable.

Kanaloa (kā'nă-lō'ă):

/ kā'nă-lō'ă / Haw to Eng, Parker,

one of the primary gods. Land section, Koolaupoko, Oahu.

Kanaloa

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi,

Coastal land section, Mākena qd., Maui. Probably named for the god.

Kanaloa

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names,

Dive site, Kanaio, Maui. At Kanaloa Point between La Pérouse and Nuʻu Bays. Kanaloa is the name of one of the four primary gods.

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