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1. n., Large leaf bundles of food, as poi, for carrying.

2. n., An ancient variety of tapa.

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    • For. 5:112.

Nā LepiliTags: foods tapa

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n., Place names on Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, and Molokaʻi.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Hawaiʻi Kauaʻi Molokaʻi

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s., A bundle of food (poi) done up for carrying; a pai-ai.

Nā LepiliTags: foods

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Wailau

/ wă'i-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Name of a valley in Molokai famous for the size of its poi packs.

2. n., Extra large bundle of food (poi) done up for carrying; a pai-ai. Syn: Holoai nui.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Molokaʻi foods

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Wailau

/ wā'i-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

four hundred streams. Name applied to several localities.

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Wailau

/ Wai-lau / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Land section, Honuʻapo and Pāhala qds., Hawaiʻi.
  2. Valley, Waimea district, Kauaʻi.
  3. Valley, land division, trail, former village, and stream, Kamalō qd., north Molokaʻi. In Ka Nupepa Kuokoa of August 2, 1912, are listed many place names along the trail from Pūkoʻo, Molokaʻi, up over the mountain and down to the bottom of Wailau Valley.
  • Literally, many waters.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi Kauaʻi Molokaʻi

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  1. Beach, surf site, Wailau, Molokaʻi. Boulder and black detrital sand beach on the shore of the largest of the six coastal valleys on Molokaʻi's north shore. Formerly the site of a fishing and commercial farming community that was abandoned by 1920. The tsunami of April 1, 1946, destroyed what remained of the taro patches and the abandoned village. The surf site is off the east point of the bay.
  2. Point, Heʻeia, Oʻahu. Small point in Kāneʻohe Bay that is the site of Laenani Neighborhood Park.
  • Literally, many waters.

Nā LepiliTags: Molokaʻi Oʻahu

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