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pahulu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Nightmare (named for a chief of evil spirits on Lānaʻi who was killed by Kaululāʻau; his spirit enchanted certain fish, especially goatfish (weke); if a weke head is eaten near bedtime, nightmares are said to result; the closer to Lānaʻi the weke is caught, the worse the nightmare); ghost; haunted; unlucky.

  • Examples:
    • He hale pahulu, a haunted house.
    • Pō nā maka i ka noe, i ka pahulu i ke ala loa, eyes blinded by the mist, by the haunts of the long road.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopahulu Caus/sim.; to have a nightmare; nightmare; to haunt; to bring bad luck; unlucky.

2. nvs., Exhausted, worn-out, of over-farmed soil; such soil.

  • Related:
    • hoʻopahulu Caus/sim.; To exhaust the soil; to let the land rest and lie fallow.

3. n., Volunteer sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes of the second growth.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: aliʻi flora food

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pahulu

kikino ｜ noun / PA-HU-LU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Potatoes of the second growth.

2. A papu part of the sea which is much used; he kai kapu, i hoonuaia.

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Pahulu

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / PA-HU-LU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Name of an ancient god who lived in the hole of a certain rock on Kauai; he was killed by Kaululaau, a chief from Maui.

2. Name of the goddess who conceived and brought forth Lanai; he akua hapai no Lanai.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: religion aliʻi Kauaʻi Maui Lānaʻi

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pahulu

/ pă-hū'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Overwrought land; exhausted soil; a being made unfertile from continual cropping: Ua pahulu ka aina, the land is exhausted.

2. n., Name of an ancient god who lived in a cave of a certain rock on the island of Lanai; he was killed by Kaululaau, a Maui demigod.

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Pahulu

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / pā'-hu'-lu / Wahi ｜ Location, Parker (1922),

a mythical celebrity. Spring, Lanai.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: Lānaʻi

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Pahulu

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Kalihi Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu, probably named for the god of nightmares.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: Oʻahu

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Pahulu

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Heiau, Kualoa, Oʻahu. Shrine formerly onshore but now in the ocean due to shore erosion and consisting of a cluster of stones at the edge of the beach. Near the old sugar mill and visible at low tide. Name of the god of nightmares.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: Oʻahu

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Pahulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Ancient god who lived in the hole of a certain rock on Lanaʻi. The word means nightmare. Pahulu was killed by Kau-lulāʻau, a Maui chief. The goddess Hoʻokokukalani, the daughter of Wakea and Papa, conceived and the result was Lanaʻi. She was known as the sorcery goddess of that island.

Pahulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Goddess who conceived and brought forth Lanaʻi.

pahulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Second growth sweet potatoes or“volunteer potatoes”; rattoon crop; replanted patch. (NP 129.)

pahulu

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Exhausted, worn out, or over-farmed soil (PE) (T).

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