kawakawa
/ kawa.kawa /1. n., Bonito, little tunny (Euthynnus yaito 🌐).
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- Ua kawakawa kahi moe i ka wai, this sleeping place is saturated with moisture.
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KA-WA-KA-WA
s. The name of a species of fish.
KA-WA-KA-WA
v. See KAWA. To be wet with water or rain.
KA-WA-KA-WA
adj. Wet; damp with fine rain.
Kawakawa (kă'-wă-kă'-wă), adj.
/ kă'-wă-kă'-wă /1. Wet; damp with fine rain.
2. Saturated: Ua hele wale kahi moe a kawakawa i ka mimi; the bedding is saturated.
Kawakawa (kă'-wă-kă'-wă), n.
/ kă'-wă-kă'-wă /The bonito or little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata). Color, blackish blue above, lighter below, becoming silvery on belly; back marked with about twelve oblique wavy lines separated by bluish silvery interspaces. Very popular as a food fish. Called, when young, oeoe.
Kawakawa (kă'-wă-kă'-wă), v.
/ kă'-wă-kă'-wă /1. To be wet with water or rain.
2. To be very wet.
kawakawa
Bonito, little tuna, black skipjack (Euthynnus yaito). Rarely exceeds 30 inches in length. Its young are called kawa-kawa kīnaʻu, ʻoeoʻe. See pua ʻakuhinu.
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