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1. vt., interjection, Yes; to say yes, consent, conform, grant, agree, approve, let, confirm, admit, permit, allow, accept, yield; approval, admission, permission.

• Examples:
  • ʻAe waha, oral agreement.
  • ʻAe wale, to agree easily; pliable.
  • Ua ʻae mai ʻoia i koʻu hele, he consented to my going.
• References:
  • Cf. aʻe nei.
  • PCP ʻ.a(a)e.

2. n., Sap wrung from seaweed or leaves of plants such as taro; liquid remaining after dregs have settled, as of pia, arrowroot starch; saliva, drooling of the mouth.

• Examples:
  • ʻAe limu, juice remaining on the pounding board after seaweed (limu) is pounded; mixed with salt it is used to flavor sauce for ʻōʻio or other fish.
  • Kahe ka ʻae o ka waha, mouth saliva flows [mouth waters; fig., to desire avidly].

3. vs., Fine, mashed, comminuted, as dust or powder; silky soft, as down; smooth, as well-mixed poi or bread dough.

• Examples:
  • ʻAe kī, fine portions of ti root baked in the oven; to break ti root so cooked into fine bits.
  • ʻAe moa, downy chicken feathers.
  • hō.ʻae To make fine, pulverize, refine, soften.
  • He ahi ʻā nopu hōʻae, a hot glowing fire that pulverizes.

4. vi., To rise, of the tide.

• Related:
  • hōʻae Caus/sim.

5. n., A native fern (Polypodium pellucidum) commonly seen at Kīlauea Volcano. It has oblong fronds 15 to 40 cm long, once divided into about fifteen or more pairs of oblong segments, each of which bears many round fruit dots.

• References:
  • Neal 25.
  • Cf. ʻae lau nui.

6. Same as ʻaʻae.

7. n., Shoots from main root portion of the wauke plant.

• References:
  • See ohi #3.

8. See ʻae kai, water's edge.

nvt., To step over, get on top of, tread upon, trespass; to raise; to massage the back with the feet; to break a taboo or violate a law; counter sorcery; to inflict sorcery on a sorcerer; to get into by stepping up, as into a car; step.

• Figuratively, oppressed.
• Examples:
  • ʻA ʻe kū, ʻaʻe kapu, to trespass, break a law or taboo deliberately; disrespectful of taboo.
  • ʻAʻe loa, long step, long journey.
  • Ua ʻaʻe lākou i luna o kahi laʻa, they trespassed on a taboo place; they broke an agreement, law, taboo.
  • ʻA ʻohe i ʻaʻe i ka wela a ka lā, not oppressed by the heat of the sun.
• Related:
  • hōʻaʻe Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN kake .

1. n., Several native trees, the soapberry (Sapindus saponaria f. inaequalis), and all species of Zanthoxylum 🌐 (also known as Fagara, Zanthoxylum having yellowish wood formerly used for digging sticks and spears); seeds of all (largest in the soapberry) are black, round, and used for leis.

• Related:
  • Also: mānele.
• References:
  • PPN ake .

2. (Cap.) n., Northeast tradewind.

• References:
  • Cf. A ʻe Loa, Moaʻe, naʻe.

3. n., Blight.

• References:
  • Malo 199.

4. directional. Upward, sideways, nearby, contiguous, adjoining, next, approaching (often expresses space and time near the addressee, table 2, Gram. 7.2).

• Examples:
  • Hele aʻe, to go up, sideways.
  • Kanaka ʻē aʻe, different person.
  • Kēia pule aʻe, next week.
  • Koʻu mua aʻe, the one born just before me [older sibling, the one before me].
  • ʻO wai hou aʻe? Who will be the next?
  • Ā he aha aʻe? And what next?
  • ʻO āu keiki aʻe kēia, here come your children.
  • Ia lā aʻe, ia lā aʻe, from day to day.
  • ʻĪ aʻela ʻoia, he said to someone nearby (Cf. aku #2).
• Related:
  • Aʻe also commonly expresses the comparative degree: maikaʻi aʻe, better.
  • Followed by nei, aʻe indicates recent past; Ua hele aʻe nei no Maui, [he] has just gone to Maui.
  • Aʻe + demonstrative lā is pronounced and written as a single word, aʻela.
• References:
  • PPN hake .

5. Replacement of e in songs (commonly written a e, but a glottal stop is pronounced before ʻe).

• Examples:
  • ʻA ʻole mākou aʻe minamina i ka puʻu kālā a ke aupuni (song), we do not care about the government's sum of money.

6. n., Maui name for maua #2, trees.

• Source:
  • Maui