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nāhelehele

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

Reduplication of nahele; weeds, undergrowth.

  • Examples:
    • Piha kēia māla i ka nāhelehele, this patch is full of weeds.
  • References:
    • PCP ngaafelefele, ngaaselesele.

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nāhelehele

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Weed.

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nahelehele

kikinonoun / NA-HE-LE-HE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The grass, trees, shrubs, &c., of a wilderness; a wilderness.

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nahelehele

ʻaʻanostative verb / NA-HE-LE-HE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Wild; uncultivated, as land.

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nahelehele

/ NA-HE-LE-HE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To become wild, as land that has once been tilled; to be overgrown with vegetation. Puk. 23:29. Hoonahelehele. To allow or cause land to be overgrown.

E kokomo aku ai maua
I ka pea i Kahiki,
I ka ukauka laau nahele waokanaka,
He nahelehele okoa hoi ke kanaka,
Ulu nahele ka oa nahele hiki ke koa,
Ulu wehiwehi i ka niu po i ke kou,
Oia uka nahele loloa, a ka puni—e—
O kou puni iho la ia, ua hala kamalii,
Kau ka naha ia.

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nahelehele

ʻaʻanostative verb / nă-hē'-lĕ-hē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Wild; uncultivated, as land.

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nahelehele

kikinonoun / nă-hē'-lĕ-hē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The grass, trees, shrubs, etc., of a wilderness; a wilderness.

2. n., Condition of uncultivated vegetation.

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nahelehele

/ nă-hē'-lĕ-hē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To become wild, as land that has once been tilled; to be overgrown with vegetation.

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weeds.

l.Wild uncultivated land; underbrush (T). 2. Brushwood (HRH). 3. Uncultivated, as land; a wilderness (AP).

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