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ʻālina

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

nvs., Scar, blemish; scarred, disfigured, injured, maimed (FS 93) (preceded by ke).

  • Figuratively, low, disgraced, degraded, dishonored.
  • Examples:
    • Kau ke ʻālina (FS 93), blemished.
    • Ua ʻālina ka inoa, the name is dishonored.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors preceded by ke

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kikino, Scar (preceded by ke).

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy preceded by ke

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v. To be defiled or contaminated, as by marrying one of low birth; mai moe oukou i ka poe keiki a ka poe kauwa, o alina auanei ka oukou mau keiki; applied to a chief who married a low woman and had children of low order; alina oe i kou mare ana i kau kauwa.

2. To be scarred, as one burned badly; to be scarred by scrofula; ua alina oe i ke ahi.

3. To have spots or blemishes on one’s person.

4. Morally, to be disgraced or implicated in sin.

5. To be filthy, as food; ua alina loa o Mea; ua alina ka kakou, ua makole.

s. A low servant; a slave.

adj. Low; degraded.

Alina (ā-lĭ'-nă), adj.

/ ā-lĭ'-nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Low; degraded.

Alina (ā-lĭ'-nă), n.

/ ā-lĭ'-nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A low servant; a slave.

2. A scar; a blemish.

Alina (ā-lĭ-nă), v.

/ ā-lĭ-nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To lose standing by associating with those of lower rank, as by marrying one of low birth.

2. To be scarred; to have spots or blemishes on the person.

Scar, blemish. This could refer to a keloid, an abnormally large, ugly scar from any cause, occurring in certain persons.

Loss of respect for marrying someone of low birth. Could be applied to a chief who so married and consequently had children of low order. To be disgraced, implicated in sin.

Defiled, as a chief by marrying a commoner of low birth.

scar; disgrace.

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