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Hawaiian Word of the Weekend:
Kuahine
(Name of a misty rain famous in Mānoa, Oʻahu
)Ka ua Kuahine o Mānoa.
The Kuahine rain of Mānoa.
[This rain is famed in the songs of Mānoa. According to an old legend, Kuahine was a chiefess, the wife of Kahaukani. Their daughter Kahalaopuna was so beautiful that rainbows appeared wherever she was. Once, two gossiping men claimed they had made love to her. This so angered her betrothed husband that he beat her to unconsciousness. She was revived by an owl god, but after hearing more gossip, her betrothed killed her. In grief, her mother became the Kuahine rain. Her father adopted two forms—the wind Kahaukani and a hau tree. It was said that this tree moaned in grief whenever a member of royalty died.]
From ʻŌlelo Noʻeau by Mary Kawena Pukui
