ʻalaʻalawa
/ ʻalaʻa.lawa /Reduplication of ʻalawa.
- Examples:
- ʻAlaʻalawa ka maka o ka ʻaihue, the eyes of the thief glance this way and that.
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A-LA-A-LA-WA
v. The compound, frequentative, poetical form of alawa; to look frequently one way and the other, as in fear of being seen; alaalawa ka maka o ka aihue, alaalawa na maka me he pueo la, the eyes of the thief look this way and that, they look here and there like an owl.
alaalawa
/ ă'-lă-ă-lă'-wă /(The compound, frequentative, poetical form of alawa.) v., To look frequently one way and the other, as in fear of being seen: Alaalawa ka maka o ka aihue, alaalawa na maka me he pueo la; the eyes of the thief look this way and that, they look here and there like an owl.
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