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haʻa.kuʻe

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs. To shift or ripple; to and fro, back and forth.

2. A kāhili-bearer for a chief or chiefess of the same sex. (AP)

HAA-KU-E

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of the person who swings the fly brush over the chief when he sleeps; o ka mea nana e kahili i ko ke alii wahi e moe ai, he haakue ia.

Haakue (ha'a-ku'-e), n.

/ ha'a-ku'-e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Title of the servant who waved the kahili over a reclining chief if the chief and the servant were of the same sex; otherwise the kahili holder, if a woman, was called haakoni; if a man his title was haakua.

haʻakuʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Person who swung the fly brush over the king when he slept. (A.) Kahili-bearer for a chief or chiefess of the same sex. (PE.)

haʻakuʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Name of the person who swings the fly brush over the chief when he sleeps. The motion of to and fro, back and forth, as a kāhili, or as the tide with sand.

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