Inoa | Name(s)
Kaupō
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Naholoku, Nakula, Nuʻu
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Maui
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Maui. Aia ma waena o ka moku o Kīpahulu ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina a me Kahikinui ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. ʻO ka ua o kēia wahi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo “Ka ua peʻe pōhaku o Kaupō.” ʻO “Kaupō, ʻai loli,” kekahi mea i ʻōlelo ʻia no kēia wahi ma muli o ka ʻiʻini o ke aliʻi ʻo Kauakahiakua e ʻai i ka loli. Wahi a ka moʻolelo no Maikoha, o kēia kahi mua i ulu ʻia ka Wauke.
Description
Quadrangle, village, old district, homesteads, trail, and gap, East Maui. (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Kaupō” no ka moku o kēia inoa ma ka mokupuni o Maui.
Instructions: Use for the moku called Kaupō on the island of Maui.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele
Kanaka | Person: Kihapiʻilani
Hana | Practice: Lawaiʻa; Mahiʻai
Kūmole | Source(s)
“Kaupō” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Sterling, Elspeth P. Sites of Maui. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Heiau, ʻaina, lani : the Hawaiian temple system in ancient Kahikinui and Kaupō, Maui, Ka nani aʻo Kaupo,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai