nvt. To tie anything tightly around the neck, to choke, strangle, hang; necktie. Ua kāʻawe ʻoia a make, he hanged himself until dead. Kāʻawe ʻāʻī, name of the manulele sugar cane when prayed over in hana aloha, love-making sorcery, to induce an absent person to fall in love; cf. manu lele.
kikino Strap. Mān. See lole wāwae kāʻawe, palaʻili kāʻawe, paleʻili kāʻawe. Kāʻawe kalipa. Slipper strap.
v. To tie any flexible thing tightly around the throat; to choke by tying the throat.
2. To suspend; to hang up; generally by the neck; to strangle with a cord. Ios. 10:26. Kaawe ia ia iho a make, to commit suicide. Mat. 27:5. NOTE.—Kaawe rather applies to suicide; li, to a public execution by hanging.
s. A suspension; a strangling, i. e., death. Iob. 7:15.
2. A neckhandkerchief; a cravat; o ke kaawe kekahi mea e nani ai ka a-i kanaka, the cravat is what adorns the neck of a man.
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1. Suicide by hanging.
2. (Obs.) A tie or cravat: o ke kaawe kekahi mea e nani ai ka a-i kanaka, the cravat is what adorns the neck of a man. (The modern word is lei-ai.)
3. Suspenders.
1. To tie anything tightly around the throat; to choke by tying the throat.
2. To hang by the neck; to strangle with a cord: Kaawe ia ia iho a make, to commit suicide. [Kaawe generally applies to suicide; li, to a public execution by hanging.]
Cravat.
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