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(air movement). Makani (for fig. meanings and types of winds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).

• Related:
  • Variable wind, makani pālua.
  • Fair wind, makani ʻoluʻolu, peawini.
  • Wind puff, ahe lau makani, ʻōnini.
  • Wind-borne, pā makani, māpu, lele, kūpani, kō.
  • Icy wind, hauʻoki.
  • Sound of wind, wī.
  • Blowing of wind, pā, loku.
  • Gust or draft of wind, hihio, kīkīao, kūhewa; limu (rare).
  • Wind-resisting, kūmakani.
  • Strong wind, makani ikaika, makani, pāhili.
  • Increase or rising of wind, ulu, pehuea.
  • Stormy wind, ʻena makani; puku kālina (poetical).
  • To turn into the wind, hoʻopiʻi, kaʻaluna; kūpapaula (rare).
  • Northeast trade wind, Moaʻa, Moaʻe Kū, Moaʻe Pehu, Moaʻe Lehua, Aʻe, Aʻe Loa, Kaiāulu, Kaomi, Noe.
  • Southerly or leeward wind, Kona.
  • Usual wind of a place, makani kamaʻāina.
  • Goddess of winds, Laʻamaomao.
  • Many wind names are associated with places, especially those chanted by the keiki hoʻop_pā (a wit, riddler, boy wonder), Kū-a-Pākaʻa, who names more than 100 winds (For. 5:93–103) or more than 200 (Nak. 53–60, 67–71), some being gentle breezes and others wintry gales. These and other names are listed below. Many names are widespread, but some are in special areas.
  • In Honolulu 6 winds are listed, 5 in Hilo, and 2 in the Molokaʻi valley of Hālawa, the home of the boy wonder previously mentioned.
  • Wind names (alternate names are in parentheses; islands and places where, the names are known follow): ʻĀhiu, Oʻahu; ʻAi-koʻo, Kauaʻi; ʻAi-loli, Kaupō [Maui]; ʻAi-maunu, Hāna; ʻAki-pohe, Maui; Ala-ʻeli, Honolulu, ʻAla-honua (ʻAʻala-honua), Hilo; Ala-hou, Molokaʻi; Ala-ʻoli, Kauaʻi; Amu, Kauaʻi; ʻAoa (ʻAoʻaoa, Ulu-mano), Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu. ʻAoa-laenihi, Niʻihau, also a rain, ʻĀpaʻapaʻa, Hawaiʻi; ʻEhu-kai, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; ʻEka (ʻEʻeka), Hawaiʻi; ʻEkeʻeke, Kaʻula Island; ʻEke-loa; Hakaʻano, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Hale-manuʻu, Hāna; Hauna-ʻīloli; Haunone; Hiki-pua, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Holo-poʻopoʻo, Hawaiʻi; Hoʻoheu; Hoʻolapa, Hawaiʻi; Hoʻolua (Kiu Inu Wai, Mālua Kiʻi Wai), Kauaʻi, Hāna, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Huli-alo-pali, Lahaina; Huli-lua, Kauaʻi; Iʻa-iki, Maui, Molokaʻi; Ihu-anu, Oʻahu; ʻImi-hau, Lahaina; Inu-wai; Kāʻao, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Kaʻele (Kaʻeʻele), Molokaʻi; Kaiāulu, Maui, Oʻahu; Kākea, Honolulu; Ka-laʻiākea Hawaiʻi; Kaomi, Hāna; Kāpae, Hawaiʻi, Maui; Ka-ua-hae, Kauaʻi, Ka-ua-ʻula, Lahaina; Kaʻula, Maui; Kēhau, in many areas; Kēpia, Hilo; Kēwai, Hilo; Kia-lehua, Niʻihau; Kīhae-lāʻī, Hilo; Kiliʻoʻopu (Kiliʻopu), Molokaʻi; Kili-poe; Kili-ua, Oʻahu; Kinailehua, Hawaiʻi; Kīpuʻupuʻu, Hawaiʻi, also a rain; Kiu (Mālualua, Mālua Kiʻi Wai, Hoʻolua), in many areas; Kiu Anu, Kauaʻi; Kiu Inu Wai (Huehu); Kiu Kai Nui, Kauaʻi; Kiu Keʻe, Kauaʻi; Kiu Wai Lehua (Kiu Lehua); Koa, Molokaʻi; Koholā Lele (Kiu, Koholā Pehu), in many areas; Koi-pali, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Kolo-ʻāpuʻupuʻu, Hawaiʻi; Kololio, Kauaʻi, Maui; Kolo-puʻepuʻe; Kō-momona, Honolulu; Kona, in all areas; Kona Hea (Kona Hea Puka); Kona Hili Maiʻa, also a rain; Kona Kū; Kona Lani; Kona Mae; Kona Moe; Kona-nui-a-niho; Koʻolau, between Kauaʻi and Niʻihau; Koʻolau-wahine, Niʻihau; Koʻo-makani, Kauaʻi, Koʻopali, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Kuamū also a rain; Kuapā, Molokaʻi; Kuehu Kai, Kauaʻi; Kuehu Lepo, Kaʻū, Oʻahu; Kuʻi-a-manini, Kauaʻi; Kuʻi-lehua, Niʻihau; Kūkala-hale, Oʻahu, also a rain; Kūlōlio, Maui; Kumumaʻomaʻo, Oʻahu; Kuʻuanu, Kauaʻi; Laʻi-kū, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Lanakila, Oʻahu; Lanikuʻu-waʻa, Kauaʻi; Lauaʻe, Kauaʻi; Lau-kamani, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Lau-kō-wai, Maui; Lau-maʻomaʻo, Molokaʻi; Lawakua, Kauaʻi; Lehua, Lehua, Island; Lele-kuʻi-lua; Lele-uli; Lī-anu, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Līlī-lehua, Maui, Oʻahu, also a rain; Lima-huli, Kauaʻi; Luha, Kauaʻi; Lū-hau-pua, Hawaiʻi; Lū-pua, Kauaʻi; Maʻaʻa (ʻAʻa), Lahaina; Maʻaʻa Kua Lapu, Hawaiʻi; Maʻaʻa Paʻimalau; Maka-iki-o-Lea, Kauaʻi (?); Makani-hānai-loli, Maui; Malailua, Honolulu; Mālamalama-iki, Kauaʻi; Malanai, Kauaʻi, Maui, Oʻahu; Mālua; Malua Hele, Kauaʻi; Malua Kele, Kauaʻi; Mālua Kiʻi Wai (Mālualua Kiʻi Wai), Hilo; Mālualua, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu; Māunuunu, Oʻahu; Meheu, Kauaʻi; Mikioi, Niʻihau; Moaʻe (Aʻe at Kauaʻi, Aʻe Loa, Molokaʻi); Moaʻe Lehua; Moani-ʻala, Hawaiʻi; Moa-ʻula, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; Moeāhua, Kauaʻi; Mumuku (Muku), Hawaiʻi; Nahua, Maui; Nāulu, in many areas; ʻOkia, Hālawa [Molokaʻi]; ʻŌ-lau-niu, Hawaiʻi, Honolulu; One-hali, Kauaʻi; ʻOʻopu, Maui; Paʻalā (Paʻalaʻa); Pahele-hala, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu; Pakaiea, Oʻahu; Pā-kololio-kaiāulu, Maui; Papa, Maui; Pāpaʻa; Papaʻa Inu Wai, Kauaʻi, Niʻihau; Pāpaʻa Lā, Maui; Peʻe-hala, Hawaiʻi; Pili-ʻā, Hawaiʻi; Pohu, Hawaiʻi; Puʻu-Kaʻala, Oʻahu; Puʻu-ka-pele (Puʻu-pele), Kauaʻi; Puʻu-lena, Hawaiʻi; Puʻu-kōlea, Hawaiʻi; Puʻu-nahele, Kauaʻi; Puʻu-o-Kona, Honolulu; Uahi-a-Pele, Hawaiʻi; ʻŪkiu (ʻŪkiukiu), Maui; ʻUlalena, Maui, also a rain; Ulu-au, Hilo; Ulu-au-nui, Maui; Unulau, Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, Maui; Unuloa, Hawaiʻi; Wai-ʻōpua, Kauaʻi; Wai-pao (Wai-paoa), Kauaʻi; Wai-uli, Maui; Wehe-lau-niu, Maui.
• References:
  • See break wind.

(to twist). Wili, pōkaʻa, kaʻa, pōʻai, kōkeʻe; — around, kōʻai; — or set, as a clock, kī.

See Hawaiian entries pohu, kolonahe, aheahe, hoʻoholunape, ulūlu, ʻena makani.windbreaker A kind of jacket. Kuka makani.

he makani.

e wili.

h. he laau me he kookoo la.

h. he makani.

hai. e wiii, e h lo. e poala.

maka’nĭ: to wind, wi’lĭ.

1. E wili ; e owili. 2. E hoa.

Makani. Against the wind, manai. To raise the wind, e loaa i ke dala . To get wind, e lohe ; e laha. The story got wind, ua laha ka olelo.