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  • The dam was duly constructed, every stone fitting in its proper place, and the stone _auwai_, or watercourse, also laid around the bend of Kikiaola.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

  • The _auwai_, or watercourse, of Pi is still to be seen at Kikiaola.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

  • 'O ka' ohi 'ana i ka' auhau, ka ho'onohonoho 'ana i nā' āina mahi 'ai, ke kai lawai'a, a me ka hō'ākoakoa' ana ho'i i nā limahana no ke kūkulu 'ana i ka heiau, ka loko i'a, a i' ole ka ho'oma'ema'e 'ana i ka' auwai o ka lo'i kalo, 'o ia kekahi o nā kuleana o ke konohiki.

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  • 'O ka' ohi 'ana i ka' auhau, ka ho'onohonoho 'ana i nā' āina mahi 'ai, ke kai lawai'a, a me ka hō'ākoakoa' ana ho'i i nā limahana no ke kūkulu 'ana i ka heiau, ka loko i'a, a i' ole ka ho'oma'ema'e 'ana i ka' auwai o ka lo'i kalo, 'o ia kekahi o nā kuleana o ke konohiki.

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  • The contractor will take steps to protect the trees and cultural resources in the area, as well as a historic auwai (irrigation ditch) that runs through the palace grounds.

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  • The contractor will take steps to protect the trees and cultural resources in the area, as well as a historic auwai (irrigation ditch) that runs through the palace grounds.

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  • 'auwai ditches of Nu'uanu Valley, the Kalauha'eha'e Fishpond in Niu Valley and' Ewa Field (a military airfield).

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  • 'auwai o ka lo'i kalo,' o ia kekahi o nā kuleana o ke konohiki.

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  • 'auwai o ka lo'i kalo,' o ia kekahi o nā kuleana o ke konohiki.

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