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kāhela

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

1. vi., To lie spread out, as an individual or a wide expanse of land or sea; to sweep backward and forward, as great billows that do not break; prone, spread out, flat; summation of productive forces of land and sea (Kam. 76:30, 51).

  • Examples:
    • He ʻai, e kāhela ai ka uha (saying), eating, intestines inflate [said of one who has eaten a good meal].
    • Kāhela ka nalu o ka pae lau hala, hōʻaʻiʻaʻi ke kai koʻo o Maliu ē, waves sweep up to the leaves of panidanus rows; white-capped is the rough sea of Maliu.
  • References:

2. See ʻami kāhela, a hula step.

3. n., Gourd drumbeat: the gourd is thumped down on a pad; it is then raised with the left hand and is struck with two quick slaps of the fingers of the right hand.

  • Related:
    • Pā kāhela, to perform this beat.

4. (Cap.) n., Name of a star, seen in the month ʻIkuwā.

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kāhela

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

See paʻi kāhela.

KA-HE-LA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of the swell of the sea when it comes along the western shore of Hawaii from the south.

KA-HE-LA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To move along, as the kahela above mentioned.

Kahela ka nalu o ka pae lauhala,

Hoo aiai ke kaiko o Maliu-e.

Kahela (kā'-hē'-la), n.

/ kā'-hē'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The smooth undulation of the sea where there are no breakers.

2. A wide expanse of land or water with wavy outline.

3. The swell of the sea when it comes from the south along the western shore of the island of Hawaii.

Kahela (kā'-hē'-la), v.

/ kā'-hē'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To move backward and forward, or up and down on a swell of the sea.

2. To move along, as the billows:

Kahela ka nalu o ka pae lauhala,
Hooaiai ke kai koo o Maliu-e.
Billows sweep along the lauhala bank.
The surf of Maliu-e sparkles.

kāhela

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

One who has eaten much. Generally said of one who has finished a good meal.

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