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Nalu, nanu.

• Related:
  • Some types of surf: ʻōpuʻu, kakala, lala, lauloa, muku, ʻōhū.
  • Surf just before breaking point, kua nalu, kūlana nalu.
  • Breaking surf, kai poʻi, kuapā.
  • To rise and swell, of surf, lālahalaha.
  • To surf, heʻe, heʻe nalu.
  • To surf to mouth of stream, heʻe puʻewai.
  • To mount or catch a wave, pae.
  • To ride a wave into shore, pae i ka nalu.
  • To surf, as with canoe, body, board, pākā, kaha.
  • Surf rider, heʻe nalu.
  • Body surfing, kaha nalu, heʻe umauma.
• References:
  • Surfs were named in ancient Hawaii Finney (pp. 26–31) lists and locates 86 sites, most of which were named. Pukui, Elbert, and Mookini 1974 (especially p. 243) list many more, including modern names such as Avalanche, Banzai Pipeline, Flies, Incinerators, Populars, Publics, Slaughterhouse, and Turtle. More than 1,700 surfing sites have been identified.
  • See surfboard, surfer, wave, and sayings, kāʻeʻaʻeʻa, lalilali, makakai.

To surf, as the Internet. Kele.

• References:
  • See browse.

h. ka nalu o ke kai.

na'lŭ.

Nalu; kai nalu.