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1. vs. Fair, light.

2. n. A yellowish tapa dyed with coconut oil. I hoʻoluʻu halakea ʻia e Ka-pua (chant), tapa dyed by Ka-pua.

n. Temporary support or prop in the middle of the house ridgepole.

s. The name of a kapa when dyed with the niu.

2. The name of upright posts inside of houses; o na halakea, oia na kia e ku ana maloko o ka hale.

Halakea (hā'-lă-ke'a), n.

/ hā'-lă-ke'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A white tapa.

2. The upright posts within a house to which the laaukea, or cross ties, were fastened.

White pineapple.

Center, upright posts in a Hawaiian house. See pouo- manu. (RA.)

E huli iā “halakea” ma Ulukau.

Search for “halakea” on Ulukau.

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