Māhā`ulepū: And falling together

The ahupua‘a boundary follows the Pa‘a border to a rock on the range of hills called KALUHAHINI (the rock is KUMAULELE), to Hā‘UPU, then down range to hills called PIHAKAPU to a point of land called KAWELAKOA. From Hā‘upu to Kawelekoa, theboundary is shared with Kīpū. Area: 1572 acres.

Recently archeologists have uncovered the skeletons of three-foot tall flightless ducks in this area

By pronouncing the name maha-ule-pu, a pun is created: Maha (foreskin) + ‘ule (penis) + pu (inactive, sluggish), supposedly a complaint of the wives of the men who spent all their time in the ocean fishing.