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keʻe

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Crookedness; fault, defect, flaw, deformity; crooked, bent, full of faults.

  • Examples:
    • Nānā keʻe, to look at with disfavor, look for faults.
    • ʻA ʻohe puʻu, aʻohe keʻe, no physical defects, no flaws [common description of a handsome person].
    • Noho keʻe, to sit crookedly; in disagreement, opposition.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokeʻe Caus/sim.; To make a turn, as in cutting paper or cloth; to turn, as in walking; to bend, form an angle.
      • Hoʻokeʻe i ka wāwae, to walk by crossing the feet one in front of the other, as in some kinds of square dancing.
  • References:

2. Same as keʻena; nook.

  • Rare

3. n., A stone used for adzes.

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keʻe-

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

See keʻehana, keʻehi. (Probably PPN teke.)

KE-E

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To bend; to crook; to bulge out; to oppose. See KUE. Ka puu a Kana i kee ai a hiolo iho. See KEEKEE.

KE-E

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Crookedness; want of uprightness in conduct; wrong doing; mai hai aku i ke kee o ko kakou aina; aka, e hai aku i ke ala ame ke onaona ame ka peekue o ka naauao.

KE-E

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Crooked. See the verb.

Kee (ke'e), adj.

/ ke'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Crooked; out of proper form; distorted.

2. False.

Kee (ke-e'), n.

/ ke-e' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A species of stone out of which stone-axes were made.

Kee (ke'e), n.

/ ke'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Crookedness; want of uprightness in conduct; wrong doing: mai hai aku i ke kee o ko kakou aina; aka, e hai aku i ke ala ame ke onaona ame ka peekue o ka naauao; tell not of the crookedness of our country, but speak of its beauty, its fragrant airs and our manifold intelligence. I hiki aku oe imua o Umi, mai hoike aku i ke kee o ka aina; If you appear before Umi do not proclaim the ill fame of the land.

Kee (ke'e), v.

/ ke'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be bent; to be crooked.

Kēʻē

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Beach and cliff west of Haʻēna, Kauaʻi. After Lohiʻau died of love for Pele, his body was sequestered in a cave on this cliff. Hiʻiaka and her companion, Wahine-ʻōmaʻo (green woman), climbed the cliff, and with herbs and long prayers Hiʻiaka restored Lohiʻau to life. Three rainbows appeared, and they all descended to earth. (PH 107–152, painting p. 160.) In sayings, Kēʻē represents great distances and trouble: Aia i Kēʻē, there at Kēʻē (too far to bother about). (For. Sel. 81.) Lit., avoidance.

Kēʻē

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, snorkeling site, Hāʻena, Kauaʻi. Westernmost section of the calcareous sand beach fronting Hāʻena State Park. A small sand-bottomed lagoon off the beach is protected by a reef and provides one of the most popular snorkeling sites on Kauaʻi's north shore. Several important archaeological sites associated with the hula are on the hill above the beach. These include Ke Ahu o Laka, a platform where the hula is still performed by modern hula hālau, and Kauluapaoa Heiau, a shrine dedicated to Laka, the goddess of the hula. Lit., a hula master who is invited to access another's students.

keʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hard stone for shaping an adze.

ke‘e

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

crookedness: crooked.

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