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ʻaiea

/ ʻai.ea / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., All species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Nothocestrum 🌐, soft-wooded shrubs and trees with ovate or oblong leaves, yellowish flowers, and whitish to reddish berries. One slender species was used for thatching sticks (ʻaho) and fire-making.

2. n., Same as kāwaʻu, a native Ilex 🌐; holly.

  • Source:
    • Kauaʻi.

3. n., Exhaustion.

  • Rare

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s., Fatigue; weariness.

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s., Name of a species of tree found on Lānaʻi and other islands used for finishing off canoes.

Nā LepiliTags: flora trees Lānaʻi

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ʻaiea

/ ă'i-ē'-ā / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Fatigue; weariness. Syn: ʻAieana.

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ʻaiea

/ ăi-ē'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Species of hardwood tree found on Lānaʻi and other islands. It is used for finishing off canoes.

2. n., A place in the district of ʻEwa on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

Nā LepiliTags: flora trees Lānaʻi Oʻahu

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ʻAiea

iʻoaproper noun / ā'i-ea / WahiLocation, Parker (1922),

a shrub (Nothocastrum). Land section, ʻEwa, Oʻahu.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Oʻahu

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ʻAiea

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land sections, mill, village, bay, stream, field, recreation center, and schools, west of Honolulu, Oʻahu.

  • Literally, Nothocestrum tree.
  • References:
    • RC 169.

Nā LepiliTags: Oʻahu

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All five species of the genus Nothocestrum are known in Hawaiʻi as ʻaiea. All are soft wooded. Slender stems are used for thatching, ʻaho, sticks, and firemaking in friction with a hard wood. The town of ʻAiea, Oʻahu, was named for these trees. (NEAL 738.)

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