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ʻewaʻewa

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

1. Reduplication of ʻewa #1; irregular, biased, unequal, unjust.

  • Examples:
    • Maka ʻewaʻewa ʻia, looked at with disfavor, eyed askance.
    • Oʻahu maka ʻewaʻewa, Oʻahu with indifferent eyes [a term of reproach to Oʻahu people, said to have been said by Hiʻiaka when her Oʻahu relatives refused to help her mend a canoe for a journey to Kauaʻi].
    • ʻAʻole anei ʻewaʻewa ʻole ko ʻu mau ʻaoʻao? ʻAʻole anei ʻo kō ʻoukou mau ʻaoʻao ka i ʻewaʻewa? (Ezek. 18.25) Is not my way just? Are not your ways unjust?
    • Hoʻokō au ia kauoha me ka ʻewaʻewa ʻole (Kel. 125), I carried out this instruction without a flaw.

2. n., Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata oahuensis); forehead and sides of head white, rest of head black; upper parts black, white beneath.

  • Related:
    • Also: ʻewaʻewa iki.

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ʻewaʻewa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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ewaewa

/ E-WA-E-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To mock; to vex; to render one uncomfortable.

2. To act unjustly or unrighteously; to pervert justice. Ezek. 18:25.

3. Hooewaewa. To cause mockery; vexation, &c. See maewa and maewaewa.

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kikino ｜ noun / E-WA-E-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Injustice; a turning aside from right. Hal. 9:8.

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ewaewa

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / E-WA-EWA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. adj., Unequal; unjust; irregular in structure, as an irregular bone. Anat. 4.

2. Grinning or expressing anger; applied to the mouth and eyes; as, he maka ewaewa, he waha ewaewa.

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ewaewa

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / E-WA-E-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv., Unjustly, respecting persons in judgment. Kol. 3:15. With partiality. 1 Tim. 5:21.

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ewaewa

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ĕ'-wă-ĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Unequal; irregular.

2. adj., Showing or expressing anger: Maka ewaewa, eyes expressing anger.

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ewaewa

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ĕ'-wă-ĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adv., With partiality; unjustly.

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ewaewa

kikino ｜ noun / ĕ'-wă-ĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Injustice.

2. n., A turning aside from right.

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ewaewa

/ ĕ'-wă-ĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To mock.

2. v., To act unjustly.

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‘ewa‘ewa

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

biased, unjust, unequal

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