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hāhā

/ hā.hā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To grope, feel, as with the hands.

  • Examples:
    • Kahuna hāhā, an expert who diagnoses, as sickness or pain, by feeling the body.
  • References:
    • For. 6:111.
    • PPN faafaa.

2. Same as , stalk; striped taro leaves boiled or baked and eaten.

3. n., Trap made of twigs and small branches, for fresh-water fish.

4. n., Lobelias 🌐.

5. n., Kauaʻi name for ʻapeʻape.

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hoʻo.hā.hā To beat, pound, as tapa; to harden. (PPN sasa.)

1. Reduplication of hā #2; to breathe hard, pant.

2. vs., Proud, haughty.

  • Rare

3. Same as haha kāʻupena, una.

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haha

heheleintransitive verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hehele, To pant, as a dog.

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1. v., See ha. To breathe hard; to pant for breath, as in great haste.

2. To feel of; to move the hand over a thing. Kin. 27:12, 21.

3. To feel, as a blind person; to grope; to feel, as if searching for something. Isa. 59:10.

4. Hoohaha. To manipulate; to manufacture; hoohaha paakai, to manufacture or make salt.

5. To strut; to act the fop; to walk about like a cock turkey.

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s., Hoohaha. A swelling or puffing up.

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haha

kikinonoun / HA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The inside of kalo tops used for food; the whole top is called huli. See ha.

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haha

kikinonoun / HA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A sort of wooden net used for catching the oopu, a fresh water fish, from brooks.

2. The board on which fishermen place their nets.

3. Name of a tree.

Nā LepiliTags: flora trees

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1. v., To breathe hard; to pant for breath, as in great haste. See ha.

2. v., To feel of; to move the hand over a thing.

3. v., To grope as a blind person; to feel, as if searching for something.

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haha

kikinonoun / ha'-hā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The inside of taro tops used for food; the whole top is called hull. See ha.

2. n., A small tree (Cleromontia gaudichaudii) found on west Maui, also along the Kula pipe line. On Kauai it is known as apeape, and on Oahu as ohawai. Also called hahaaiakamanu. The thick milk sap is used as bird-lime by the natives.

3. n., Banana (Musa sp.).

Nā LepiliTags: foods kalo flora trees Maui Kauaʻi Oʻahu maiʻa

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haha

kikinonoun / ha'-hă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Pride; haughtiness; arrogance; contempt of others.

2. n., A wooden net or trap made of twigs and small branches and used for catching fresh water fish.

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Falls, Kamalō qd., south Molokaʻi.

* Pronunciation and meaning are uncertain.

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Lower part of the banana stump that is cut off.

Taro tops, a food of poor people. (A.)

To breathe hard, pant for breath, as if in haste.

To feel, palpate; to grope, as a blind person. (Kin. 27:12, 21)

Proud; to strut.

Native member of the lobelia family (Brighamia spp.). The flowers of all Hawaiian species are curved like the beak of native nectar-feeding birds, which suck honey from them. Also called ālula. (NEAL 815.)

to feel with hand

to feel with hand.

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