kakā
nvi., Domesticated duck; to quack.
- Source:
- English.
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kākā
/ kā.kā /nvt., To strike, smite, dash, beat, chop; to thresh or beat out, as grain (Ruta 2.17); to kick and flail the arms as an angry child; to strike, as flint and steel; to hit broiled breadfruit with a stick to remove the blackened skin; slab.
- Examples:
- Pili kākā lalo (For. 5:131), to place bets.
- Ke pau ka ʻai ʻana a ka moa, kākā i ka nuku, when the chicken finishes eating, it shakes its beak.
- References:
- Cf. kā #1, kākā puaʻa.
- PPN taataa.
2. vs., Odorous, either fragrant or otherwise; to make an odor.
3. nvi., To excrete; dirty, excreta (a euphemism, taught to children).
4. nvi., To fish, as for uhu, parrot fish, with a square net (FS 39) or ulua with hook and line but no pole; net or nets dropped in a semicircle in shallow water, as for mullets or ʻōʻio.
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kaka
- References:
- PEP tata .
2. vs., Arched; curving from end to end, as the top of a canoe.
3. Same as kakaka #1.
- Examples:
- Kaka ihola ʻoia i ka pua (For. 4:35), he then shot the arrow.
4. Same as kakaka #2.
5. n., Cluster.
6. Also gasa. n., Gas.
- Source:
- English.
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KA-KA
v. Ka, to strike; to dash. To beat; to whip.
2. To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with an axe, but by striking sticks against stones or rocks.)
3. To wash, as dirty clothes (this is done by Hawaiians by beating them.)
4. To strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.
5. To thrash, as grain. Rut. 2:17.
6. To rip open. 2 Nal. 18:12.
7. To dip or bail out water. See KA.
KA-KA
v. To be odorous or sweetscented; to smell agreeably.
KA-KA
s. Fruits that grow in clusters, as grapes; much fruit in one place.
KA-KA
s. A bird; a species of duck; he manu nene.
kākā
/ kā'-kā /v., To be odorous, fragrant or otherwise.
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kaka
/ kă'-ka /v., To cleanse by dipping or rubbing in water.
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kaka
/ kā'-kā' /[Ka, to strike; to dash.]
1. v., To beat; to whip.
2. v., To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with against stones or rocks).
3. v., To an axe, but by striking sticks strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.
4. v., To thrash, as grain.
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kakā
/ kă-kā' /n., The common duck.
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kaka
/ kă'-ka /n., A cluster; number of things growing together or adjusted in clusters.
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Kākā
Point, Kahoʻolawe. Literally, to hew.
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kakā
Domesticated duck. Its name adapted from the English “quack'
kaka
Quack, used to mean a domesticated duck.
kakā
The duck does as much quack- ing here as elsewhere.
kakā
The duck (kakā) does as much quack- ing here as elsewhere.
kaka
To wash clothes by beating them; to rinse and clean. (PE.) kaka. To split wood by striking it on a stone. (A.)
kākā
To cut and split or break wood, done anciently by striking sticks against stones or rocks; to strike, dash, beat, whip; to strike flint or steel for fire.
kaka
to rinse.
kaka’
the common duck.
ka’ka’
to beat, whip; split wood.
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