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1. A major god.

• References:
  • PPN Tangaloa.

2. (Not cap.) n., A sea shell (Phasianelidae).

3. (Not cap.) n., Young stage of the hou, a fish.

4. n., A name for Kahoʻolawe Island.

• References:
  • PH 75.

5. (Not cap.) See pahu kanaloa.

6. (Not cap.) vs., Secure, firm, immovable, established, unconquerable.

• Examples:
  • Ua kanaloa ka nohona i kēia wahi, residence is securely established at this place.

7. (Not cap.) n., Poetic term for food.

• Rare

See KUKANALOA.

s. The name of a small fish.

1. A deity, brother of Kane. See kukanaloa.

2. A species of fish. Same as pakaiele.

3. Security; firmness; the state of being immovable.

To be established; to be unconquerable.

one of the primary gods. Land section, Koolaupoko, Oahu.

Fallen Hawaiian angel, prince of darkness and chief of the infernal world, who was placed in the pantheon of gods with Kū, Lono, and Kāne. He was called the god of mischief and of healing. (DK.) Also called the god of the sea and, with Kāne, a digger of springs of water.

One of the four great gods. He traveled much and is credited with the introduction of bananas and other useful trees. Believed to be a god of healing. Some refer to him as the god of the sea, suggestive of the Roman god, Neptune. He is sometimes spoken of as the ”mischievous god:ʻ (DK.)

a certain deity.