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makaliʻi

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

1. nvs., Tiny, very small, fine, wee, smallmeshed; narrow wefts.

  • Examples:
    • Makaliʻi ʻōhua, tiny ʻōhua, spawn; figuratively, anything wee, tiny.
  • References:
    • PPN mataliki.

2. (Cap.) n., Pleiades; Castor and Pollux.

  • References:

3. (Cap.) n., Hawaiian month name; the six summer months collectively.

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See pākū makaliʻi, waiehu makaliʻi.

Makalii

iʻoaproper noun / MA-KA-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The celestial sign Castor and Pollux.

2. The seven stars.

3. The name of a month.

4. The name of the six summer months collectively.

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makalii

/ MA-KA-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Maka and lii, small; little. Smallness; littleness; inferiority.

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makalii

ʻaʻanostative verb / MA-KA-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Very small; diminutive; very fine.

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makalii

ʻaʻanostative verb / mă'-kă-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Very small; diminutive; very fine.

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makalii

/ mă'-kă-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Maka and lii, small; little.]

1. n., Smallness; littleness; inferiority.

2. n., The celestial sign Castor and Pollux.

3. n., A constellation of seven stars; the Pleiades.

4. n., The six summer months collectively; also

5. n., The name of one of the months in the old Hawaiian calendar.

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makalii

/ mă'-ka-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., See hoomakaulii.

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Makalii

iʻoaproper noun / mā'kā-lii / WahiLocation, Parker (1922),

small eyes: very fine; nane also of a month and the summer season. Land section, Oahu.

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Makaliʻi

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

Points, Kalaupapa peninsula, Molokaʻi, and Kahana qd., Oʻahu.

  • Literally, tiny or Pleiades.

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Makaliʻi

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, point, Punaluʻu, Oʻahu. Narrow calcareous sand beach on the point north of Kahana Bay.

  • Literally, tiny, or Pleiades constellation.

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Person who brought cooked food to the rainbow. (A.) Chief of Waimea, Kauaʻi; father-in-law of Mano-ka-lani-pō, who was famous as an agriculturist. (PE.)

Exceedingly fine mesh with very narrow strands, made of the tender young leaves of the hala, used in mat making.

Small, diminutive, tiny.

Pleiades. This is the preferred name all over the Pacific.

very small or fine, diminutive.

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