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A rare term defined in For. 5:165 as a swift runner; probably makaiʻa.

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mākaia

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

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

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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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 / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A traitor, a betrayer; ia manawa e ku ai ka makaia o Laieikawai.—Laieik, p. 150.

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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