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nāwele

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

nvs., Fine, threadlike, small; weak, thin; soft, gentle; tracery; softness, gentleness, as of a voice.

  • Examples:
    • He ʻike nāwele, seeing just a little; a slight knowledge.
    • Hele maila nō ke ʻala o ka hala, māpu maila nō me ke onaona o ka maile, nāwele pū maila nō me ka huʻihuʻi o ka lehua, there comes the fragrance of the pandanus, wafting thither with the soft sweetness of the maile, and with them a trace of the coolness of the lehua.
  • Related:
    • hoʻonāwele Same as above.
      • Ma ke kamaʻilio hoʻonāwele ʻana, by speaking softly.

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NA-WE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Fine; small, like a thread of a spider’s web; ka nawele o kahi ike, small of vision; seeing but little.

NA-WE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Hoo. To be fine; to be small; thin, as a thread. See PUNAWELEWELE.

Nawele (nă'-wĕ'-le), adj.

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

Fine; small, like a thread of a spider's web: ka nawele o kahi ike, small of vision; seeing but little.

Nawele (nă'-wĕ'-le), v.

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

To be fine; to be threadlike.

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