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kalea

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvi. To choke; to whoop in coughing; whooping cough. Cf. kunu kalea. (PNP kale.)

kāleʻa

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

nvi., Prayer calling on the ʻaumākua, family gods, for help; to pray thus.

  • Examples:
    • Ma nā pule kāleʻa, he pule kāhea … i nā ʻaumākua (Kep. 55), and kāleʻa prayers, prayers calling … the family gods.
  • References:
    • Cf. leʻa, successful, clear.

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KA-LE-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To go into the windpipe, as water or other liquid when it goes the wrong way; to choke; to cough; to strangle, as in swallowing a liquid.

KA-LE-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Some kind of disease; ina i haalele i ka baka, a puhi aku, o ke kalea no ia, a nui ke kunu; a choking; a coughing.

Kalea (kă'-lē'-a), n.

/ kă'-lē'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A choking.

2. The whooping cough.

Kalea (kă'-lē'-a), v.

/ kă'-lē'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To choke from having the windpipe obstructed, as when liquid goes the wrong way.

2. To be choked.

kalea

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Choking; whooping cough.

kalea

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

whooping cough: to choke.

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