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1. vi., To move here and there, wander, rove; to ripple, as the sea.

  • Examples:
    • Ka lele ʻaʻau o ka manu, the flight here and there [as in fright] of the bird.

2. Reduplication of ʻau, stalk.

  • Examples:
    • ʻA ʻau loa (Malo 59, 63), long stalks; figuratively, long-suffering and patient, as of a chief who cared for his people.
  • References:
    • PPN kakau.

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s. See AU. To swim dispersedly; a flock, as of birds when frightened; a school, as of fish as they come together and frightened; suddenly separate.

2. A slight ripple on the surface of calm water by a light breeze.

v. To ripple mildly, as a calm sea, by a slight wind.

2. To separate, as a flock of birds when frightened, or a school of fish.

Ka lele aau o ka manu o Kiwaa,

The frightened flight of the birds of Kiwaa.

Ka aau mai Kukona ke koae,

The flock from Kukona, the koae.

Ke koae nui hulu meamea,

The great feathered koae.

1. n., An agitated flock, as of birds when frightened; a school of fish as they suddenly separate when frightened.

2. n., A slight ripple on the surface of calm water caused by a light breeze.

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Aau (ā-ă'u), v.

/ ā-ă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To ripple mildly, as a calm sea; ruffled by a slight wind.

2. To separate, as a flock of birds when frightened, or a school of fish:
Ka lele aau o ka manu o Kiwaa,
The frightened flight of the birds of Kiwaa.
Ka aau mai Kukona ke koae,
The flock from Kukona, the koae,
Ke koae nui hulu meamea,
The great feathered koae.

AAU 26 AEI

Calm sea, mildly rippled, as in a slight breeze.

E huli iā “ʻaʻau” ma Ulukau.

Search for “ʻaʻau” on Ulukau.

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