Inoa | Name(s)
Waiapele; Green Lake
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Loko wai
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: ōʻDZŧ쾱
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Kaimū; Puna
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He loko wai kēia nona kekahi ana nui. Uliuli ka wai, a he hohonu hoʻi i lalo lilo. ʻŌlelo ʻia, na Pele nō i ʻeli i kēia wai. He wai maikaʻi ia i ka nānā aku. Ua uhi ʻia kēia wahi i ke kahena pele o ka makahiki 2018.
Description
A deep lake with green water said to have been created by Pele, also known by the contemporary English name Green Lake. Water is said to have been pleasant for swimming, but was covered by the 2018 lava flow.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Waiapele” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ia loko wai ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi.
Instructions
Use for the lake, Waiapele or Green Lake on the island of Hawaiʻi..
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Pele; ōʻDZŧ쾱; moʻo
Kūmole | Source(s)
- Kekahi Malihinihele, 1876. “Na Mea A’u i Ike ai Mai Hilo a Hiki i Puna, Mai ka Malama o Maraki a Hiki i ka Malama o Aperila.” Ka Lahui Hawaii, 27 ʻApelila (B2, H18, ʻa2).
- Soehren, Lloyd J. A Catalog of Hawaiʻi Place Names : Compiled from the Records of the Boundary Commission and the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Honokaa, HI: L.J. Soehren, 2005.
Mea haku | Created by: Bruce Torres Fischer
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o ʻɲ