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pauʻaka

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

1. vs., Grotesque, odd.

  • Examples:
    • Ua kālai pauʻaka ʻia ke poʻo o ke kiʻi, the head of the image is carved grotesquely.

2. vt., Damaging; unreliable, deceitful; to disturb.

  • Examples:
    • Mai pauʻaka mai ʻoe i ka hana a mākou, don't you disturb our work.

3. vs., Of no use, fruitless, unproductive, without reward or profit, discouraging.

4. n., Quail, so called because of its song.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna birds rare

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1. v., To be weary; to be fatigued with carrying a burden or with hard work.

2. To work without reward; e hana me ka uku ole.

3. Hoopauaka. To deride; to reproach one for laboring to no purpose or without reward; e puali, e pauakaaka, e puakaaka.

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adj., Crooked; deceitful or unjust; lying or deceiving, as giving away what belongs to another.

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pauaka

/ pă'u-ā'-ka / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Crooked in disposition; deceitful or unjust; lying or deceiving, as giving away what belongs to another.

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pauaka

/ pă'u-ā'-ka / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be weary; to be fatigued with carrying a burden or with hard work.

2. v., To work without reward; e hana me ka uku ole.

3. v., To be of no use; to answer no purpose.

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Pauaka

/ pău-ā'kă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

unjust, crooked Land section. Molokai.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Molokaʻi

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