Inoa | Name(s)
Waimalu
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: ܱܲʻ
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Anana; Kahalaʻā; Kahalua; Kahikiea; Kainakoi; Kānewahine; Kaumiumi; Paakea; Paepae; Pipio; Pohakupu; Wahaloa; Waieli; Waimalu; Waimaluku; Huewaipi; Loko Paʻakea
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: ʻɲ
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He ahupuaʻa ʻo Waimalu i ka moku ʻo ʻɲ ma Oʻahu, ma waena o Waiau a me Kalauao. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Waimalu ma muli o ke kahawai nui e hānai ana i kona mau loʻi kalo. ʻO ka loko iʻa o ia wahi, ʻo ia ʻo Loko Paʻakea, a kūkulu ʻia e Kalaimanuia.
Description
The ahupuaʻa of Waimalu shares its name with the main stream that feeds its lowermost taro fields. It includes the fishpond called Loko Paʻakea, that was said to be built by ʻԳܾ.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “Waimalu” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ia ahupuaʻa ma ka mokupuni o Oʻahu.
Instructions
Use for the ahupuaʻa of Waimalu on the island of Oʻahu.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Kaʻahupāhau; Kaʻehuikimanōopuʻuloa; Maihea
Kanaka | Person: ʻԳܾ
Hana | Practice: Mahiʻai kalo; ɲʻ
Kūmole | Source(s)
1. Pukui, Mary Kawena, Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini. Place Names of Hawaii. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.
2. 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.
3. “O‘ahu ‘Āina Inventory.” 2019. Kamehameha Schools. 2019. https://www.ksbe.edu/aina/maps/oahu-aina-inventory.
Mea haku | Created by: Ani Kawada
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o ʻɲ