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1. n., Air, breath, air current.

2. Reduplication of ea #3; to rise; high waves.

  • Examples:
    • He iʻa no ka papaʻu, he loaʻa wale i ka hopu lima; he iʻa no ka hohonu, noho i ke eaea, fish of the shallows, gotten merely by catching in the hands; fish of the depths stay in the high waves [some tasks are easier than others].
  • References:
    • PPN eʻaeʻa.

3. Reduplication of ea #4; a smell, as of seaweed; to smell.

Nā LepiliTags: limu

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ʻeaʻea

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

1. Reduplication of ʻea #4, spray; encrusted with spray (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeʻaʻeʻa).

  • Examples:
    • Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea nā kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu nā lihilihi, the great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are reddened [admiration of a fisherman].

2. Dignified, honorable.

  • References:
    • And.

3. n., A bird (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: fauna birds

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ʻeāʻeā

hoʻōhointerjection Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Interjection at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la.

  • Examples:
    • Nani wale nā hala, ʻeāʻeā, o Naue i ke kai, ʻeāʻeā (song), beautiful indeed the pandanus, tra-la, of Naue by the sea, tra-la.

Nā LepiliTags: music

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ʻeʻaʻeʻa

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

Reduplication of ʻeʻa #1, dust; dusty; obscure, darkened, cloudy, shady; to cloud, overshadow (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeaʻea).

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ʻaʻano Aerated; aerobic, i.e. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen. Dic., ext. mng. See hōʻeaea. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻana. Aerobic decomposition. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻole ʻana. Anaerobic decomposition.

adj., Dignified; honorable; high. SYN. with hanohano, hiehie, eaea kai. Me he wawae, kuhaka la ka eaea.

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s., See ea, adj.,. The strong, offensive smell of meat; eaea, paoa, hauna, hohono; eaea ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau; eaea ka hohono o ka palani (barani.)

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v., To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish; ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

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v., To be covered with dust, as one out in the wind where the dust is flying; eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

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eaea

ʻaʻanostative verb / e'a-e'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Dignified; honorable; high: Me he wawae kuhaka la ka eaea. Syn: hiehie, eaeakai.

2. adj., Offensive, disagreeable. Same as ea.

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eaea

kikinonoun / e'a-e'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., An offensive odor; a foul smell; stench; stink: Ka eaea o ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau.

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1. v., To be covered with dust; to be dusty: Eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

2. v., To make dim with or as with shade; to obscure the light, brightness, illumination, or luster of; to dim; to darken; to overshadow; to cloud; to shade: Ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

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Cloudy; to cloud up.

To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish. ”Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea na kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu no lihilihi.” (A.) “The great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are red- dened.” (Translation, PE.)

Dignified, honorable, highly placed. (A.)

medicine; offensive odor of sea or swamp.

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