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lawelawe

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

1. vt., To serve, work for, minister to, tend, attend to, do, perform, serve, transact; to treat, as the sick; to wait, as on tables; to handle.

  • Examples:
    • Ka lawelawe ʻana, the service, performance, procedure, execution, carrying out, administration.
    • Lawelawe hoʻopiʻi kalaima, criminal procedure.
    • Kanaka lawelawe, mea lawelawe, servant, waiter, steward [this term does not carry the opprobrium attached to kauā].
    • Wahine lawelawe, waitress, maid, stewardess.
    • Lawelawe ʻoihana, to conduct business.
    • ʻIke pono i nā mea e lawelawe ʻia ana, to see clearly what happened.
    • Ka loio nāna e lawelawe nei i ka hihia, the lawyer who is handling the law case.
    • Ke lawelawe lā naʻe hoʻi; ā make akula ʻoe iā Kuʻikaʻa (victory chant of Ka-welo, FS 63), the [job] is being done; Kuʻikaʻa [the war club] slays you.
  • References:
    • PPN lawelawe.

2. vt., To pilfer, make off with.

  • Examples:
    • Lima lawelawe, pilfering hand.

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lawelawe

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Service.

  • Source:
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  • Related:
    • Unu lawelawe. Processor, as in computer hardware.
    • Lawelawe hana. Function, as on a calculator.
    • Lawelawe kōkua. Social services.
    • Lawelawe poʻokela. High-quality service.
    • ʻOihana lawelawe. Service industry.
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LA-WE-LA-WE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Freq. of lawe. To take or carry frequently.

2. To wait upon at table, as a servant in attendance.

3. To serve; to perform the duties of a station. Puk. 28:1.

4. To minister to one; to serve. Puk. 28:3. To be busy; to employ one's self. Ezek. 27:16.

5. To handle; to feel of. Luk. 24:39. To handle, as in turning the leaves of a book; to handle, as in using musical instruments.

LA-WE-LA-WE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Pertaining to work, service or office; ka poe lawelawe, servants, waiters, &c.

Lawelawe (lă'-wĕ-lă'-we), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Pertaining to work, service or office: ka poe lawelawe, servants, waiters, etc.

Lawelawe (lă'-wĕ-lă'-wĕ), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To wait upon at table as a servant in attendance.

2. To serve; to perform the duties of a station.

3. To minister to one; to serve. To be busy; to employ one's self.

4. To handle; to feel of. To handle, as in turning the leaves of a book; to handle, as in using musical instruments.

lawelawe

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

to serve; to handle.

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