Inoa | Name(s)
Kaʻū
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Halelu; Wailoa; Kumu; Hīleaiki; Hīleanui; Hionamoa; Honuʻapo; Kaʻalaʻala; Kanaio; Kaʻalāiki; Hiʻonaʻā; Kahilipaliiki; Kahilipalinui; Kahuku; Kamāʻoa; Puʻuʻeo; Kapāpala; Kaunāmano; Napauku; Kāwala; Kawela; Keaīwa; Keauhou; Kīʻao; Kiolakaʻa; Puʻumakaʻā; Kīʻolokū; Manukā; Mohokea; Mohokeanui; Pāʻauʻau 1; Palima; Pāʻauʻau 2; Pākiniiki; Pākininui; Puʻulena; Palauhulu 1; Palauhulu 2; Punaluʻu; Wailau; Nīnole; Kaʻa; Waiʻōhinu; Waiomao
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Hawaiʻi
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi. Aia ma waena o Puna, i ka hikina, a me Kona i ke komohana. No Kaʻū, lohe ʻia ʻo “Kaʻū ʻāina kua makani” no ka nui a ikaika o ka makani ma kēia wahi. ʻO Palahemo kekahi kiʻowai o Kaʻū a wahi a nā kūpuna inā hele ʻoe i Kaʻū a ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻO Palahemo, ʻaʻole nō ʻoe i ʻike iā Kaʻū. ʻO Ka Lae ka inoa o ka ʻāina ma ka ʻaoʻao hema loa o ka mokupuni a me ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. He kahakai kaulana ʻO Punaluʻu no ke one ʻeleʻele a me ka pae nui ʻana o nā honu ma ke one.ʻO Nāʻālehu ka inoa o ke kūlana kauhale nui ma Kaʻū. Hoʻohanohano ʻia o Pele e nā kamaʻāina o kēia wahi no ka pilina kokoke i ka lua pele ma Kīlauea. No Kaʻū ka mea hoʻonaʻauao a loea hula ʻO Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi, ka mea i mālama a hoʻomau i ka ʻike Hawaiʻi he nui ma o ka paʻi ʻana i nā puke no nā hanauna i hope ona.
Description
District, desert, elementary and high school, trail, and peak (2,082 feet high), Hawaiʻi. Poetic: Kaʻū kua makani and UL 65. (For sayings, see Appendix 8.1.) See Kaʻūloa. Kaʻū is an ancient name, with cognates in Samoa (Taʻū) and Mortlock Islands (Takuu): see Appendix 9. (Place Names of Hawaiʻi)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Kaʻū” no nā mea pili i ka moku ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi.
Instructions
Use for the moku on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele
Kanaka | People: Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi; George Nāʻope; Keouakūʻahuʻula
ʻOhana | Family: Kanakaʻole
Kūmole | Source(s)
Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill), Mary Kawena Pukui, and E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill) Handy. The Polynesian Family System in Ka-ʻu, Hawaiʻi. Wellington, N.Z: Polynesian Society, 1950.
“Moku of Kaʻū,” Kīpuka Database, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Trailside cave, rock art recording report : Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna-Kaʻū Historic District, State of Hawaiʻi, Island of Hawaiʻi, District of Kaʻū, Kapāpala Ahupuaʻa; The Polynesian family system in Ka-ʻu, Hawaiʻi
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai