Inoa | Name(s)
Puna (ܲʻ)
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Hanamāʻulu; Haʻikū; Kalapakī; Kamalomaloʻo; Kapaʻa; Keālia; Kipu Kai; Kīpū; Niumalu; North Olohena; South Olohena; Nāwiliwili; Wailua (ܲʻ); Waipouli
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: ܲʻ
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o ܲʻ. Aia ʻo Puna ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka mokupuni o ܲʻ, aia ma waena o ka moku o Koʻolau, ma ka ʻākau, a me Kona, ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. Wahi a ka ʻōlelo noʻeau ” He nani wale nō o Puna mai ʻō a ʻō.” Aia ʻo Waiʻaleʻale, ke kuahiwi a wailele nui o ka mokupuni o ܲʻ ma kēia moku. He ʻekolu kahawai e kahe ana i ke kahewai nui ʻo Wailua, ʻo lākou ʻekolu ʻo Hulēʻia, Hanamāʻulu, a me Keʻālia. Aia ka pae kuahiwi ʻo Hāʻupu ma kēia moku, kapa ʻia ka pae kuahiwi no ka pilikua, ʻo kona inoa ʻo Hāʻupu. AIa kekahi kuahiwi i kapa ʻia no kekahi pilikua, ʻo ia ʻo Nounou. Aia ma Puna ka loko iʻa nui ʻo ʻAlekoko, no ke aliʻi o kēlā wahi i ka wā e kūkulu ʻia ana ka loko iʻa e nā menehune.
Description
The Kawaihau district, ܲʻ, was sometimes called Puna. (Place Names of Hawaiʻi)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Puna (ܲʻ)” no ka moku o Puna ma ka mokupuni o ܲʻ. No ka moku o Puna ma Hawaiʻi e koho iā “Puna (Hawaiʻi)
Instructions
Use for the moku of Puna on ܲʻ. Not to be confused with the area of the same name on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele; Kamapuaʻa; ᾱʻ첹첹DZDZ; Kapoʻulakīnaʻu; Hāʻupu
Kanaka | Person: Kawelo
Hana | Practice: ɲʻ; Ѳʻ; Hana kaua
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