Inoa | Name(s)
Waiʻanae
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Nānākuli; Lualualei; Waiʻanae (Ahupuaʻa) ; Mākaha; Keaʻau; ʻŌhikilolo; Mākua; Kahanahaiki; Keawaʻula
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Oʻahu
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Oʻahu. Aia kēia moku ma waena o ʻEwa, ma ka ʻaoʻao Hema, a me Waiālua, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau. Aia ʻO Kaʻala, ke kuahiwi nui o Oʻahu, ma ke pae kuahiwi o Waiʻanae, a wahi a nā kūpuna, aia ma laila kahi nohona o ke akua ʻo Kaiona. Ma ka waokele ʻo Kaʻala e ulu ana ke kumulāʻau o ka ʻōhiʻa lehua pua ʻāhihi, he pua kupaianaha nō ia. No Lualualei ʻo Mauiakalana, ke keiki a Hina, a ka mea i hei i ka lā. Ma kona mau kaʻao, mākaʻikaʻi nā meʻe akua ʻO Hiʻiakaikapoliopele a me Kamapuaʻa i ka moku o Waiʻanae. Aia ma ʻŌhikilolo kahi ana nui, ʻo Kāneana ka inoa, a ma laila i noho ai ke kanakamanō ʻO Nanaue. Wahi a nā kupuna, “Ola Waiʻanae i ka makani Kaiāulu” he wahi kaulana kēia i ka pā nui ʻana mai o ka lā me ka nani pū o ka pae kuahiwi.
Description
Quadrangle, mountain range, land division, town, valley, school, district, and homesteads, Oʻahu. A lizard goddess named Pūhāwai (water hollow) once lived inland at a place called Pūhā; she stole a woman’s husband; the wind god, Makanikeoe, restored him to her. Literally, mullet water. (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Waiʻanae” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Waiʻanae. No nā mea pili i ke ahupuaʻa o Waiʻanae, e koho pū iā “Waiʻanae (Waiʻanae)”
Instructions
Not to be confused with the ahupuaʻa within this moku of the same name.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Kamapuaʻa; Mauiakalana,
ʻOhana | Family: Ohana Keaulana; ʻOhana McCandless
Hana | Practice: Lawaiʻa; Heʻe nalu
Kūmole | Source(s)
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Sterling, Elspeth P., and Catherine C. Summers. Sites of Oahu. [Rev. ed.]. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1993.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Ka Poʻe kahiko o Waiʻanae = Oral histories of the Waiʻanae Coast of Oʻahu, Ua mau na poʻe o Waiʻanae : The steadfast people of the Waiʻanae coast : Waiʻanae Coast community cultural festival, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, June 14-21, 1997, Ka moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele : ka wahine i ka hikina a ka lā, ka uʻi palekoki uila o Halemaʻumaʻu
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai