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kāwai

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

1. n., Last liquor run off in distillation, very thin and watery (wai), especially of brew made of ti root or cane; extremely weak and watery liquor.

  • Examples:
    • ʻA ʻohe ikaika ʻo kēia lama, he kāwai wale nō, this rum has no strength; it is nearly all water.

2. Same as maniawai, drowsy.

3. (Cap.) n., Name of a navigation star (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: foods astronomy

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s. The name of the coloring matter or residuum when water is poured on the second time.

2. The name of the partially colored water itself.

3. The liquor obtained from cane, &c., after most of the intoxicating matter is extracted; aohe ikaika o keia rama, he kawai wale no, there is no strength in this rum, it is nearly all water.

Kawai (kā'-wă'i), v.

/ kā'-wă'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The second brew made from the ti root after the first, called okolehao, is extracted. Also called pokii, being after or final.

2. The coloring matter or residuum when water is poured on the brew the second time.

3. The partly colored water itself.

4. The liquor obtained from cane, etc., after most of the intoxicating matter is extracted; aohe ikaika o keia rama, he kawai wale no; there is no strength in this rum, it is nearly all water.

Kawai (kă-wā'i):

/ kă-wā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

the water. Cape, Puna, Kauai.

Ka-wai

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Point, Līhuʻe district, Kauaʻi. Lit., the water.

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