Kumukahi (kŭ-mŭ-kā'-hi), n.
/ kŭ-mŭ-kā'-hi /Origin; beginning or occasion of any thing.
Origin; beginning or occasion of any thing.
first or chief source. Channel, Kauai-Niihau.
1. Light, point, Puna, Hawaiʻi. Easternmost point of the Big Island and, therefore, of the Hawaiian Islands. Small black sand storm beaches, or pockets of cinder on the sea cliffs, are found here. Some of these are green sand beaches, or black sand mixed with olivine. Lava from the 1960 Kapoho eruption added 3 miles of new shore at Kumukahi and nearly overran the light, stopping only a few feet away. 2. Channel, Niʻihau. The channel between Lehua and Niʻihau. Lit., first beginning or origin.
origin; beginning or occasion for any thing.
E huli iā “kumukahi” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kumukahi” on Ulukau.