ʻeʻele.kū
Redup. of ʻelekū; blackened or darkened, as leaves or fruit due to maturity or to pelting by storms; dark, gloomy, as clouds. Ma ia malama ua ʻeʻelekū ka lani i nā ao ua … a ua ʻeʻelekū hoʻi nā lau o nā lāʻau a me nā mea ulu i ke oʻo (Kep. 93), in this month the sky is dark with rain clouds … and the leaves of trees and growing things are dark with maturity. Ma ia malama o Nana, ua pau ka ʻeʻelekū o ka lau o nā lāʻau i ka noke a ka ua ma nā lā o ka hoʻoilo (Kep. 89), in this month of Nana, the dark bruising of the leaves of trees by the pelting of the rains of the days of winter has ceased.