kaiwaihae

Updated: January 16, 2026

Many of the names of places, specially of those compounded with wai, water, are very musical; Wailuku, "water of destruction;" Waialeale, "rippling water;" Waioli, "singing water;" Waipio, "vanquished water;" Kaiwaihae, "torn water."

Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird - The Hawaiian Archipelago