Hilo

hilo hiló ĥilo hilo- English Etymology From en haw Hilo, of uncertain etymology but possibly related to haw hilo to twist. Proper noun en The largest <<town>> on the island of <<isl/Hawaii>>, in <<co/Hawaii County>>, <<s/Hawaii>>, located at the eastern corner of the island. Translations A large town in Hawaii Armenian: hy Հիլո Finnish: fi Hilo Georgian: ka Greek: el Χίλο Hawaiian: haw Hilo Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Hilu Russian: ru Хи́ло See also en Puna District Anagrams en hilo Holi Hawaiian Pronunciation Etymology 1 Cognate of mi Whiro, rar ʻiro and ty Firo.Williams H. W. September 1928 The Nights of the Moon https://www.jstor.org/stable/20702218 The Journal of the Polynesian Society 37 3(147) 338–356 Proper noun thumb|Hilo (sense 4) haw proper noun first night of new moon in the old Hawaiian calendar haw Hawaiian mythology a Polynesian navigator haw male Hawaiian rare today References Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986 Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Hilo occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 4 women and 10 men. Etymology 2 From haw hilo “to twist” (i.e. twisting of new ropes by Kamehameha I's men to anchor their guarded wa‘a) related to mi whiro ~ mi whirowhiro and mi tawhiro plus to filo Proper noun haw proper noun haw town in eastern isl/Hawaii Hilo haw the eastern <<area>> of the island of <<isl/Hawaii>>