makaia
A rare term defined in For. 5:165 as a swift runner; probably makaiʻa.
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mākaia
/ mā.kaia /nvi., Revenge, vengeance, treachery, betrayal, traitor, betrayer, turncoat; treacherous.
- Examples:
- Kū hoʻi kāu hana i ka mākaia, you've behaved treacherously.
- References:
- Laie 513.
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makaiʻa
/ maka.iʻa /1. n., Whitened pupil of a blind person's eye, cataract. Literally, fish eye.
2. n., A kind of stone, used for adzes and poi pounders.
3. See makaia.
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MA-KA-IA
s. Name of a person punahele of a chief, but turned off and become a punahele of another chief; the two go to war and through the efforts of the makaia the second chief conquers the first; ia manawa e ku ai ka makaia o Laieikawai. Laieik. 150.
Makaia (mă-kă'-ia), n.
/ mă-kă'-ia /A traitor, a betrayer; ia manawa e ku ai ka makaia o Laieikawai.—Laieik, p. 150.
mākaia
Name of a punahele (favorite) of a chief, who is turned away and becomes a punahele of another chief. The two chiefs go to war and, through the efforts of the mākaia, the second chief conquers the first. Hence, betrayal, vengeance.
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