| 101 | ʻĀko Nuʻuanu i ka hālau loa a ka makani; ʻāko Mānoa i ka hale a ke ʻehu. | Gathered in Nuuanu is the longhouse of the wind; gathered in Mānoa is the house of rainy sprays. |
| 768 | He lōʻihi ʻo ʻEwa; he pali ʻo Nuʻuanu; he kula ʻo Kulaokahuʻa; he hiki mai koe. | ʻEwa is a long way off; Nuuanu is a cliff; Kulaokahu a is a dry plain; but all will be here before long. |
| | [Said of an unkept promise of food, fish, etc. Oʻahu was once peopled by evil beings who invited canoe travelers ashore with promises of food and other things. When the travelers asked when these things were coming, this was the reply. When the visitors were fast asleep at night, the evil ones would creep in and kill them.] |
| 1016 | Hoʻā ke ahi, kōʻala ke ola. O nā hale wale nō kai Honolulu; ʻo ka ʻai a me ka iʻa i Nuʻuanu. | Light the fire for there is life-giving suhstance. Only the houses stand in Honolulu; the vegetable food and meat are in Nuuanu. |
| | [An expression of affection for Nuʻuanu. In olden days, much of the taro lands were found in Nuʻuanu, which supplied Honolulu with poi, taro greens, ʻoʻopu, and freshwater shrimp. So it is said that only houses stand in Honolulu. Food comes from Nuʻuanu.] |
| 1309 | Kāhiko i Nuʻuanu ka ua Waʻahila. | Adorned is Nuuanu by the Waʻahila rain. |
| | [The Wa’ahila rain makes Nuʻuanu grow green and beautiful.] |
| 1464 | Ka makani kāʻili kapa o Nuʻuanu. | The garment-snatching wind of Nuuanu. |
| | [The gale that blows at Nuʻuanu Pali, Oʻahu, could whisk away the tapa garment of a traveler there.] |
| 1468 | Ka makani kulaʻi kanaka o Nuʻuanu. | The wind of Nuʻuanu that pushes people over. |
| | [The strong gales at Nuʻuanu were known to make travelers fall down.] |
| 1601 | Ka ua Pōpōkapa o Nuʻuanu. | The Tapa-bundling rain of Nuuanu. |
| | [The Pōpōkapa rain is so called because anyone who came up Nuʻuanu Pali from the windward side had to bundle his garments and hold his arms against his chest to keep from getting wet.] |
| 1891 | Kū ka liki o Nuʻuanu i ka makani. | Nuʻuanu draws her shoulders up in the wind. |
| | [Said of a show-off.] |
| 2299 | Nā wāhine kiaʻi alanui o Nuʻuanu. | The women who guard the Nuʻuanu trail. |
| | [Hapuʻu and Kalaʻihauola were supernatural women whose stone forms guarded the Nuʻuanu trail near the gap. It was around Kalaʻihauola that the umbilical cords of babies were hidden to ensure their good health. When the new road over the Nuʻuanu Pali was made, these stones were destroyed.] |
| 2856 | Ua wela ka nuku o Nuʻuanu i ka hole ʻia e ke āhole. | Heated is the Nuuanu gap, by the āhole fish that go to and fro. |
| | [A vulgar expression referring to sexual intercourse.] |