Inoa | Name(s)
Kona (ܲʻ)
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Eleʻele; Hanapēpē; Kalāheo; Kōloa; Lāwaʻi, Makaweli; Māhāʻulepū; Pāʻā; Wahiawa (ܲʻ); Waimea (ܲʻ); Weliweli; Kawaikini
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: ܲʻ
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o ܲʻ. Aia ʻo Kona ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka mokupuni, me ka mokupuni o Puna ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina a me ka moku o Nāpali ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o kēia moku. Aia ke kuahiwi nui o ܲʻ, ʻo Kawaikini, ma kēia moku. Aia ke awāwa o Waimea ma Kona, a no Waimea, ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā mele kahiko, “Ka wai ʻula ʻiliahi o Waimea.”
Description
One of five ancient districts, from Nualolo to Mahaulepu inclusive; now divided into Waimea and Koloa districts. (Lloyd Soehren)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Kona (ܲʻ)” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Kona ma ka mokupuni o ܲʻ. No nā moku ʻē aʻe me ka inoa like ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe, e koho i ka mea kūpono no kēlā mokupuni.
Instructions
Use for the moku of Kona on the island of ܲʻ. Not to be confused with the Kona districts on the islands of Hawaiʻi, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu.
Hana | Practice: Ѳʻ
Kūmole | Source(s)
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Wichman, Frederick B. ܲʻ : Ancient Place-Names and Their Stories. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: ,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai