1. v., See KELE, to slip, &c. To slip or slide easily.
2. To sail about for pleasure in a canoe or boat.
3. To bathe a child near dead with famine.
4. To scatter water; to wet mats; e hookelekele i ka moena.
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[Freq. of hookele, to sail.]
1. v., To slip or slide easily.
2. v., To sail about for pleasure in a canoe or boat.
3. v., To feed the exhausted gradually a little at a time. See pikale.
4. v., To moisten the raw material used in weaving in order to make it pliable and easy to handle; to sprinkle with water; e hookelekele i ka moena.
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