Inoa | Name(s)
Lāna’i; Nānaʻi; Բʻ a Kaululāʻau; Բʻkaʻula
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Kaʻā; Paomai; Mahana; Maunalei; Kalulu; Kaunolū; Pālāwai; Paʻawili; Kaohai; Kamao; Keāliaaupuni; Keāliakapu; Kamoku; Բʻhale
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Pae ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ; Maui Nui;
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He mokupuni kēia ma ka pae ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ. Aia pū kēia mokupuni ma ka pūʻulu mokupuni o Maui Nui. I kēia mau lā aia ma nā palena o ke kalana o Maui. Kapa pū ʻia kēia mokupuni ʻO Nānaʻi. Lohe pū ʻia ʻO Բʻ a Kaululāʻau a me Բʻkaʻula. Wahi a kekahi mele koʻihonua, ʻO Wākea lāua ʻo Hoʻohōkūkalani nā mākua o kēia mokupuni. ʻO Բʻhale ka mauna kiʻekiʻe o Բʻ. He ʻekolu mau kai e puni ana kēia mokupuni: ʻO ʻAuʻau ke kai ma waena o Բʻ a me Maui, ʻO Kealaikahiki ke kai ma waena o Բʻ a me ʻDZɱ, a ʻo Kalohi ke kai ma waena o Բʻ a me ѴDZǰ첹ʻ. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi kaulana o Բʻ ʻo ia ke kauhale ʻo Kōʻele a me ka ulu lāʻau o Kānepuʻu. I kēia mau lā, kaulana ʻO Բʻ i ka nui o nā mahi hala kahiki ma ka wā mahi kō a ʻo ke Kaunaʻoa ka meakanu i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia ma kēia mokupuni.
Description
Island in Maui County, also known as Nā-naʻi, 13¼ miles long, 13 miles wide, with an area of 140 square miles and a 1970 population of 2,204; also elementary and high school. Lā-naʻi City (1,624 feet elevation) is the major town. Epithet: Lā-naʻi o Kaululāʻau (Lā-naʻi of Kaululāʻau). Perhaps lit., day [of] conquest. (Place Names of Hawaii)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Բʻ” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni o Բʻ.
Instructions
Use for the island of Բʻ.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Kanaka | Person: Kaululāʻau; Walter Murray Gibson
Hana | Practice: Mahi hala kahiki
Kūmole | Source(s)
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: , ,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai