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ʻalae
1. n., Mudhen or Hawaiian gallinule (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), a black wading bird with red frontal plate; cry of this bird is believed a bad omen; some considered the ʻalae an ʻaumakua; endangered.
- References:
- See saying, keʻu.
- PPN kalae.
2. Same as ʻiwa, a fern.
alae
/ A-LAE /, s. Name of a bird with a red skin on the upper part of its bill; oia ka mea (o Mauiakalani) nana i imi i ke ahi, a loaa i ka alae, he it was (Mauiakalani) who being in search of fire, found the alae; alae, he moa eleele loa, a very black fowl. The alae was formerly worshipped as a god, especially the alae keokeo, the white alae.
alae
/ ă-lā'e /n., The mud or water-hen (Gallinula sandvicensis): Oia ka mea (o Mauiakalani) nana i imi i ke ahi, a loaa i ka alae, he it was (Mauiakalani) who, being in search of fire, found the alae; alae, he moa eleele loa, a very black fowl. The alae was formerly worshiped as a god, especially the alae keokeo (white mud-hen). Also known as alae ula.
Alae
/ ā'-lāe /mud hen. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.
ʻAlae
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- Land section, Honomū qd.; pit crater near Kīlauea Crater, Puna qd., Hawaiʻi, active in 1969 (Macdonald and Abbott 101).
- Land sections and homesteads, Puʻuokali qd., Kula, Maui.
- Peak (2,000 feet high), above Kalaupapa peninsula, Molokaʻi.
Literally, mudhen.
ʻAlaʻē
/ ʻAla-ʻē /School and land sections, Kealakekua, Hawaiʻi. Literally, strange fragrance.
ʻalae
Mudhen or Hawaiian gallinule (Gallinula chloropus sandvi- censis), a black wading bird with red frontal plate. This birdʻs cry was considered a bad omen. Also called koki.
‘alae
mud-hen.
A-la-e
s. a bird with a red skin on the upper part of its bill
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