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mākaha

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

1. vt., Fierce, savage, ferocious; to seize property, to desolate, plunder, cheat.

  • Examples:
    • Kaʻū mākaha, fierce Kaʻū [a description of the Kaʻū people, referring to their killing of several oppressive chiefs].
  • References:

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star; this star and Mākohilani were near the Pleiades, and were said to be patrons of fighters.

3. Same as mākāhakaha.

4. vt., To speak disparagingly or insultingly of.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO Hawaiʻi nō kēia i mākaha ʻia ai he palu lāʻī, the people of [the island of] Hawaiʻi are spoken of derisively as lickers of ti leaves [so called because they were said to have done this at a feast in the time of Kamehameha where not enough food was provided].

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mākāhā

kikino ｜ noun / mā.kāhā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Sluice gate, as of a fish pond; entrance to or egress from an enclosure.

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makaha

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Inflamed or swollen eye.

  • References:
    • And.

2. Pig disease.

  • References:
    • And.

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makahā

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Fish pond gate, sluice gate.

  • Incorrectly used as Mākāhā.
  • Source:
    • There are a number of words in various dictionaries that are in conflict with what has been recorded from native speakers.
    • Existing dictionary word, Spelling variant of mākāhā (ma PE).

makaha

/ MA-KA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Maka, eye, and ha, water sluice. An outlet or inlet of a pond where the sea flows in and out.

2. An inflamed, swelled and running eye; he maka pehu.

3. The sickness of hogs.

4. He humu, he paehumu.

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makaha

/ MA-KA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Ma and kaha, to extort property. To seize what is another's; to rob; to plunder; to extort property. See hookaha.

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makaha

kikino ｜ noun / MA-KA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A robbing; a seizing what is another's; robbery; extortion.

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makaha

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / MA-KA-HA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Robbing; plundering; seizing the property of another.

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makaha

/ mă'-ka'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., [Ma and kaha, to extort.] To seize what is another's; to rob; to plunder; to extort property. Syn: Hookaha.

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Makaha

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / mā-kā'hă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

robbery. Land section, Waianae, Oahu.

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makaha

/ mă'-kă'-hā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Gate at the outlet of a fish-pond.

2. n., Any open space used as a means of egress from an enclosure.

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makaha

/ mā'-kā'-hā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Passage for entrance and exit of a paehumu or enclosure.

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makaha

kikino ｜ noun / mă'-kā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A robbing; a seizing what is another's; robbery; extortion.

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makaha

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / mă'-kā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Robbing; plundering; seizing the property of another.

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Mākaha

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Point, ridge, and valley, Waimea district, Kauaʻi.
  2. Dwelling place of the demigods Hina and Māui at Kahakuloa, West Maui (Jarrett 24).
  3. Land section, village, valley, point, elementary school, playground, beach park, stream, hotel, and two golf courses (called Mākaha Valley East and Mākaha Valley West), Kaʻena and Schofield qds., Oʻahu; the area is famous today for surfing (annual international championships are held here) and as a resort; in ancient days, famous for robberies.
  • Literally, fierce.
  • References:
    • Ii 97.

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Mākaha

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),
  1. Beach, Mākaha, Oʻahu. Calcareous sand beach on the shore of Mākaha Valley.
  2. Beach park (20.6 acres), Mākaha, Oʻahu.
  3. Cable Station, Mākaha, Oʻahu. Mākaha Beach is the landing site for a number of transpacific and interisland fiberoptic submarine cables. The first transpacific cable was installed in 1964 and the cables that followed are buried in a trench across the beach. Communications technicians staff the cable station twenty-four hours per day.
  4. Point, Mākaha, Oʻahu. At the west end of the beach. Also: known as Kepuhi Point.
  5. Surf site. World-famous surf site off the beach park. In 1954 Mākaha was the site of Hawaiʻi's first international surfing meet, the Mākaha International Surfing Contest.
  • Literally, fierce.

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makʻaha

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hammock; Kapa fastened between two posts and swung in between; swinging bed of sennit mesh.

mākāhā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Outlet or inlet of a man-made fishpond where the sea flows in and out; a sluice gate.

makaha

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Inflamed and running eye.

mākaha

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To extort property, seize what is anotherʻs; to rob, plun-

ma’ka’ha’

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

gateway; passage through fish pond walls.

mākāhā

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Outlet; sluice gate in a fish pond. 2. Passage for entrance and exit of a paehumu or enclosure; gate at the outlet of a fish pond (AP). 3. Sluice gate, as of a fish pond; entrance to or egress from an enclosure (PE).

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