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ewa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Unstable, swaying, wandering; strayed.

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ʻewa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Crooked, out of shape, imperfect, ill-fitting. Figuratively, incorrect, unjust.

  • Examples:
    • Ua ʻewa ka pilina a ka nihoniho (song), the fitting of the scallops is imperfect.
  • Related:
    • hōʻewa Caus/sim.; One-sided, crooked; to cause not to fit.
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2. (Cap.) n., Place name west of Honolulu, used as a direction term.

  • Examples:
    • Hele ma ʻEwa, to go in the direction of ʻEwa.
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3. (Cap.) n., Eve. Figuratively, woman.

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ʻEwa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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ewa

/ E-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To crook; to twist; to bend out of shape.

2. To act improperly; to pervert.

3. To mock; to vex; to trouble. Hoo. Hooewa ae mahope kuai ka hale; e hoewa ae ma ke kua; e hoewa aku ma ke kala; hoewa nuku mua; he sneered at the house and afterwards bought it; it was crooked on the back side, it was crooked at the end, it was crooked in front. Anat. Generally in the reduplicated form.

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ewa

/ ē'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A district west of Honolulu on the shore of Pearl Harbor.

2. n., Mod. A name for Eve, mentioned in the Biblical account of the creation.

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ewa

/ ĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be crooked; to be twisted; to be bent out of shape.

2. v., To act unjustly.

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ʻEwa

/ ē'wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

angular or crooked. District, Oʻahu.

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ʻEwa

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Plantation, plantation town, elementary school, and quadrangle west of Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu. Literally, crooked. (Kāne and Kanaloa threw a stone to determine district boundaries. The stone was lost but was found later at Pili-o-Kahe. See PE, ʻewaʻewa; Ii 98; Sterling and Summers 1:8; UL 84.)

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ʻEwa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Name of a god. (CMH.)

Ewa

/ Ewa / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Ola.

ʻEwa

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Ewa (ʻEwa). 1. West. City and County of Honolulu v. Bishop Trust Co., Ltd., 48 Haw. 444, 448 (1965). 2. A district west of Honolulu on the shore of Pearl Harbor (AP).

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