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kauhale

/ kau.hale / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

loc.n., Group of houses comprising a Hawaiian home, formerly consisting of men's eating house, women's eating house, sleeping house, cook-house, canoe house, etc. Term was later used even if the home included but a single house, and is sometimes used for hamlet or settlement. It is used without an article. (Gram. 8.6.) Literally, plural house.

  • Examples:
    • E hoʻi kākou i kauhale, let's go home.
    • Kanaka hele i kauhale, a person who goes from house to house; to gad.

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kauhale

kikino ｜ noun / KAU-HA-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Kau, place, and hale, house. A small cluster of houses; a village. Puk. 8:5.

2. A house or residence of a person.

3. A place where a house has been, or where one is designed to be.

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kauhale

kikino ｜ noun / kă'u-hā'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kau, place, and hale, house.]

1. n., A small cluster of houses; a village.

2. n., A house or residence of a person.

3. n., A place where a house has been, or where one is to be.

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kauhale

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

village, neighborhood

kauhale

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

A small cluster of houses; a village; a house or residence of a person; a place where a house has been, or where one is to be (AP). Also, kauwahi.

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