| Word form | kapuahi |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Comments on word | It is perhaps an analyzable compound of kapu-ahi [taboo-fire], since the word also denotes a place of cooking and many Hawaiian taboos surround the preparation of food. However, this might be folk etymological and the word form might be classified instead as unanalyzable. |
| Word source | Pukui & Elbert 1986 |
| Analyzability | semi-analyzable |
| Gloss | kapu-ahi [?-fire] |
| Age | Pukui & Elbert 1986 [30] (1550–1986) |