Inoa | Name(s)
Lele kawa; Lele ʻopu
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
ʻO ka lele kawa, a iʻole ka lele ʻopu, ka luʻu ʻana i ke kai me ka wāwae mua mai kahi kiʻekiʻe loa me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka pahū nui i ke komo ʻana i ke kai. ʻO ka papa lele kawa kahi e kū ai ke kanaka a mai ia wahi e lele ai. Puni ke aliʻi nui ʻo Kahekili no Maui i ka pāʻani o ka lele kawa. Aia ma Lānaʻi, ma ka pali o Kaunolū, kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Kawa Lele o Kahekili, no ka lele kawa ʻana ʻo Kahekili ma kēlā wahi ponoʻī. ʻO Kaumaea, Kaʻū kahi kaulana ʻē aʻe no ka lele kawa ʻana.
Description
Lele kawa, also known as lele ʻopu, is act of diving into the ocean feet first from a very high point without making a splash upon entering the water. The papa lele kawa is the diving board from which the person leaping stands and leaps from. Kahekili, the aliʻi nui of Maui, loved the sport of lele kawa. On Lānaʻi, at the cliff of Kaunolū, there is a place called Kawa Lele o Kahekili honoring Kahekili for diving from the specific point. Kaumaea, Kaʻū is another famed location for diving in this way.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka pāʻani i kapa ʻia ka lele kawa a i ʻole ka lele ʻopu.
Instructions
Use this term for resources relating to the sport called lele kawa or lele ʻopu.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Kanaka | Person: Kahekili
ʻĀina | Land/sea:Kaumea (Kaʻū); Kaunolū (Lānaʻi); Kawa Lele o Kahekili (Kaunolū, Lānaʻi)
Hana | Practice: Lele pahū
Lako | Materials + tools / implements: Lau hau
Lawena | Behavior: Lele; Luʻu
Kūkulu | Built environment: Papa lele kawa
Kūmole | Source(s)
Mitchell, Donald D. Kilolani, Oliver C Kinney, and Donald D. Kilolani Mitchell. Hawaiian Games to Play : Descriptions of Traditional Hawaiian Games with Directions for Playing. 2nd ed. Honolulu: Kamehameha Publishing, 2006.
Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to:;
Mea haku | Created by:Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai