Ao puaʻa

Ao puaʻa he ʻano ao i ʻike pinepine ʻia ma Hawaiʻi, e like me ke kino o ka puaʻa makuahine me kāna mau keiki e hoʻopuni ana. He hōʻailona maikaʻi kēia no ke aniau mālie, a kaulana ka kapakai o Kona no kēia ʻano ao.
 Ke ʻAno 
He ao cumulus kēia i hoʻopuʻupuʻu ʻia, me nā ao nui a liʻiliʻi e pili ana kekahi i kekahi. Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻano ao ma muli o kona ʻano e like me ka puaʻa makuahine me kāna mau keiki puaʻa e pili pū ana. Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻepekema, he cumulus humilis kēia ʻano ao.
 Ka ʻIke Hawaiʻi 
Ma ka ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi, he hōʻailona maikaʻi ka ao puaʻa no ke aniau mālie. Inā ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano ao ma ke kai o Kona, hōʻike ia ʻaʻohe ino e hiki mai ana. He mea waiwai kēia ʻike no ka poʻe lawaiʻa a me ka poʻe mahiʻai o ka wā kahiko.
 Nā Wahi Kaulana 
Aia nā wahi maʻamau e ʻike ʻia ai ka ao puaʻa:

 Kapakai o Kona, Hawaiʻi
 Nā wahi kai mālie o nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe

 Ke Kumu o ka Inoa 
Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻano ao ma muli o:

 Ka nui o ka ao nui e like me ka puaʻa makuahine
 Nā ao liʻiliʻi e hoʻopuni ana e like me nā keiki puaʻa
 Ke ʻano pōʻai o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana

 Ka Pili me ke Aniau 
He hōʻailona ka ao puaʻa no:

 Ke aniau mālie
 Ka makani mālie
 Ka ua ʻole
 Ke kai mālie

 Nā Kūmole 

Māhele:Nā ao
Māhele:ʻIke Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Ke aniau o Hawaiʻi