vt., Covetous, greedy, desirous to have; to prize, have affection for.
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v. Make and e, before. To be jealous.
2. Make, to desire. See verb, Note and E intensive. To desire, as property.
3. To be greedy after a thing generally; used in reference to hoarding property; ua nui na mea i makee i kela mea i keia mea, i ka waiwai, i ka hanohano, a ia mea aku ia mea aku. Ma Hawaii nei, o ka aina kekahi mea a lakou i makee ai.
4. To withhold from others property that is due. Ezek. 18:16. Makee is synonymous with puniwaiwai, but is stronger. See ALUNU.
5. To gather or scrape together things of value and of little value to keep them; e hapuku.
s. Joined with waiwai, covetousness. Ier. 22:17. Greediness of gain. Hal. 10:3.
2. Without waiwai, a covetous person.
3. A robber. Iob. 5:5
1. (Usually joined with waiwai, covetousness.) Greediness of gain.
2. Eager desire for; extraordinary affection or love of.
1. To be covetous.
2. To be greedy after a thing generally; used in reference to hoarding property; ua nui na mea i makee i kela mea i keia mea, i ka waiwai, i ka hanohano, a ia mea aku ia mea aku. Ma Hawaii nei, o ka aina kekahi mea a lakou i makee ai.
3. To gather or scrape together things of value and of little value to keep them; a hapuku.
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Road, Wai-kīkī, Honolulu, named for James Makee (pronounced McKee), trader, rancher, and captain of whaling ships. He came to Hawaiʻi in 1843 and stayed until his death in 1879. (TM.) He is celebrated in the well-known Hula o Makee about a ship named for him (Elbert and Mahoe 55).
Covetous, greedy.
covetous: to have great regard for.
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Search for “makeʻe” on Ulukau.