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kāwae

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

1. v., To bring up the foot, as in sitting cross-legged on a mat; to draw to one with the foot; to trip with the foot rare

2. Variant name for pāʻaoʻao, a disease.

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kāwaʻe

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

1. vt., To treat in a mean way, to underrate others and treat them as of no value.

2. (Cap.) Name of a star.

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v. To bring up the foot, as in sitting cross-legged on a mat.

2. To draw one to you with the foot.

3. To trip one with the foot.

4. To put the arm over one's shoulder, or the foot over another; to bring the legs across.

5. To bind on, as a girdle.

Kawae (kă'-wă'e), v.

/ kă'-wă'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ka, the article, and wae, the very smallest and meanest of oha (sprigs of the taro plant).] To treat in a mean manner; to underrate; to estimate another as though that other were a mean little taro sucker.

Last running of liquor from distillation. See kālolo. (A.)

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