heiau

  Heiau (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entries and entries that follow).

  Also: ewe'ai, haiau, hale heiau, hale poki, hale 'ope'ope, hale hau, hale la'a, hale lau, hale lama, hale pipipi, hale o Papa, hale o Lono, ipu-o-Lono, unu, alaō, kūkoa'e, koleamoku, kūpalaha, lonopūhā, loulu, luakini, māpele, waihau, waikaua; pu'uhonua (place of refuge); kū'ula, ko'a (fishing shrines); mua (men's eating house). See altar, oracle tower, prayer, shrine.

   ♦ Parts of heiau: paehumu, pā (enclosure); kahua (area within enclosure); kīpapa (pavement); papahola (outside pavement); ahu, kuahu, lele (altar); lananu'u, kapa'au (place for images and offerings); nanahua (posts); luapa'ū, lua unu (refuse pit); hale pahu, hale pu'uone, hale umu, hāwai, mana, oeoe, pālima, wai ea (houses or booths within heiau).

   ♦ To direct, as heiau ceremonies, kuhikuhi.

   ♦ Circuit of the island by a chief to build heiaus, palaloa.

   ♦ To build heiaus, kūkulu heiau.

   ♦ Place where dignitaries stood near heiaus, kālewa.