1. n., Sections or divisions following in the procession after a high chief.
2. (Cap.) n., Name of a rain at ʻAuʻaulele, Kaʻū and at Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu, so called because its showers follow one another like members of a chief's retinue.
3. n., Name of a tapa pattern.
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s., A multitude following.
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adj., Driving, as rain with wind; epithet of a rain of Auaulele; ua haao.
Kuu haku i ka ua haao—e—
My lord in the driving rain.
Ka lele la ka ua mauka o Auaulele;
The rain flies quickly upland of Auaulele.
Lele ka ua, lele pu no me ka makani.
The rain flies,—flies with the wind.
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Driving in groups as rain with wind; word applied to the rains of Auaulele: ua haao.
Kuu haku i ka ua haao—e—
My lord in the driving rain.
Ke lele la ka ua mauka, o Auaulele;
The rain flies quickly o'er the upland of Auaulele.
Lele ka ua, lele pu no me ka makani.
The rain flies,—flies with the wind.
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1. n., The separate sections or subdivisions in the procession following a high chief.
2. n., A rain peculiar to Auaulelo in Kau, Hawaii, so named because the showers follow one another like the haao or subdivisions in the retinue of a chief.
3. n., A certain pattern carved on an ie kuku or tapa beater. Syn: Halua.
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Kapa design. (PE.) Also called nao ua hāʻao, ua hāʻao.
Rain at ʻAu-ʻau-lele, Kaʻū, Hawaii, and Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu, called this because its showers follow one another down their respective valleys like members of a chiefʻs retinue.
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