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1. Reduplication of kua #2.

2. n., Strip, especially space between lines of stitching in quilting; embankment between taro patches that was kept under cultivation (Malo 19, Emerson note); leaf midrib; narrow land strip; strip of fish netting; ridged cloth, as corduroy or piqué.

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kuakua

/ KU-A-KU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See kua, to cut down, as a tree; to cut; to hew out, as a canoe; o ke koi keia e kuakua ana i ka waa.

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kuakua

kikinonoun / KU-A-KU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A section or piece of a fish net; kuakua upena.

2. A small section of land like a koele or hakuone.

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kuakua

kikinonoun / kŭ'-ă-kū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A section or piece of a fish net: kuakua upena.

2. n., A small section of land. See koele or hakuone.

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kuakua

/ kŭ'-ă-kū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To chip; to hack; to chop.

2. v., To cut down, as a tree; to cut; to hew out, as a canoe: o ke koi keia e kuakua ana i ka waa; this is the ax to hew out the canoe. See kua.

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Section or piece of a fishing net.

Small section of land like a hakuone or a kōʻele. Could be planted or cultivated for the hakuʻāina (landlord).

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