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kauluwela

/ kaulu.wela / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Glowing, bright-colored, colorful.

  • Related:
    • hoʻokauluwela Caus/sim.

2. vs., Swarming; innumerable.

  • Examples:
    • Kauluwela ka moana i nā ʻau waʻa kaua o Kalaniʻōpuʻu; aia nā koa ke ʻaʻahu lā i kō lākou mau ʻahu ʻula o nā waihoʻoluʻu like ʻole, the ocean was swarming with the fleet of war canoes of Kalaniʻōpuʻu; the warriors were wearing their feather cloaks of varied colors.

3. n., Taboo ceremony in honor of the akua loa, long god, of the makahiki festival.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: color religion

Kauluwela

/ kă-u'lu-we'lă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

the hot breadfruit. Land section, Oʻahu.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: ʻulu Oʻahu

Ka-ulu-wela

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Lane, elementary school, and playground (the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Richards), ʻAʻala section, Honolulu. (TM.) Lit., the hot stick for spreading oven stones.

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