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1. nvi., A prolonged sound, wail; to prolong, stretch.

2. n., Andante.

Nā LepiliTags: onomatopoeia music

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aʻeaʻe

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

1. vt., Mixing of a dark or brilliant color with a lighter one, as feathers in a lei; of dark hair of a young person with streaks of gray; to mix, as drinks.

  • Examples:
    • Aʻeaʻe mōhala i luna o ke kukui, streaks of silvery gray showing on the candlenut tree [said of a graying person].

2. n., A kind of banana with green and white striped leaves and fruits.

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

Nā LepiliTags: color foods maiʻa fauna fish lei

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ʻaeʻae

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

1. Reduplication of ʻae #3.

  • Examples:
    • Hulu ʻaeʻae, downy feathers.
    • Ka ʻai ʻaeʻae, soft food or poi.
  • References:

2. n., A small native shrub (Lycium sandwicense) growing near salt marshes and among rocks near the sea. It has light-colored bark; succulent, narrow pale-green leaves about 2.6 cm long; small white to blue-tinted flowers; and small red berries.

3. n., Water hyssop, a succulent herb (Bacopa monnieria).

  • Source:
    • Niʻihau
  • References:
    • Cf. Neal 759.

4. Reduplication of ʻae #4.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAeʻae kai, raise of the tide; froth of the seas.

Nā LepiliTags: flora Niʻihau

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ʻaʻeʻaʻe

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

Reduplication of ʻaʻe.

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ʻaʻano, Fine, as sand.

  • Source:
    • Niʻihau.
    • Existing dictionary word
  • References:

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v. Conj. 13 of ae, 4. To be a frequent transgressor, he aeae oe maluna o kahi kapu.

2. To step over a thing often.

3. To work over and over, as in pounding poi, until very fine.

4. To be or become very small or fine, as dust. 2 Nal 23:6.

5. To interrupt one in his speech.

adj. Comminuted; small or fine, as dust; fine, as poi well pounded; he poi aeae, he poi uouo, he wali.

2. Dark, obscure, as a vision, indistinctly seen; po aeae, a night of indistinct vision, not totally dark, i. e., light and darkness mixed.

Aeae (ā'e-ā'e), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Comminuted; small or fine, as dust; fine, as poi well pounded: he poi aeae, he uouo, he wali.

1. To transgress often: he aeae oe maluna o kahi kapu.

2. To step over a thing often.

Dark, obscure, as a vision; to assume a softer, darker shade; to mix a dark or glistening color with a lighter one.

Dark or obscure, as a vision seen indistinctly. Pō aʻeaʻe, a night of indistinct vision, not totally dark, i.e., light and darkness mixed.

finely comminuted material; face powder.

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