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ʻāʻī oeoe

/ ʻā.ʻī oe.oe / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Slim-necked; a slim or slender neck.

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    • Nickname for wives of early missionaries because their bonnets made their necks appear slim.

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ʻāʻī oeoe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Long neck. An appellation applied to wives in missionary families on account of the shape of their bonnets (ca. 1820?), which made them appear to have long necks.

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