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kaʻalelewa

/ kaʻa.lelewa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Reduplication and intensifier of kaʻalewa.

  • Examples:
    • Nā ao kaʻalelewa (1 Tes. 4.17), floating clouds.

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kaalelewa

kikinonoun / KAA-LE-LE-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Kaa, to roll, and lewa, to swing. Clouds which are driven or float swiftly through the air. See kaa and lewa.

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kaalelewa

ʻaʻanostative verb / KAA-LE-LE-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Flying; driven with the wind.

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kaalelewa

/ ka'a-lĕ-lē'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Flying; driven with the wind; standing off and on, as a ship off port; driven about in the air or on the sea.

2. adj., Rolling in the wind: na ao kaalelewa, rolling clouds.

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kaalelewa

kikinonoun / ka'a-lĕ'-lē'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Kaa, to roll, le, contraction of lele, to fly, and lewa, the upper regions of the air.] A rolling or rotating of anything in the air; rotation sky-ward. The word is used in description of clouds which float swiftly through the air. It applies to any object gyrating through the atmosphere.

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To stand off and on; to drift or be driven by the wind.

Clouds that are driven swiftly or just float through the air (1 Tes. 4:17.)

flying clouds: to drive with the wind.

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