nakele
nvs. Soft, boggy, slippery, yielding, sinking in; a shallow boggy area. Nakele ʻā, fresh lava soft and not yet cold. hoʻo.nakele Caus/sim.
nvs. Soft, boggy, slippery, yielding, sinking in; a shallow boggy area. Nakele ʻā, fresh lava soft and not yet cold. hoʻo.nakele Caus/sim.
v. See KELE. To be slippery; to be soft; to sink in, as one in a soft boggy place.
s. A soft boggy place, where the earth is not solid or hard.
adj. Soft; slippery, as ground where one would be apt to slide.
Soft; slippery, as ground where one would be likely to slide.
A soft, boggy place, where the earth is not solid or hard.
To be slippery; to be soft; to sink in, as one in a soft, boggy place.
Street, Nuʻu-anu, Honolulu. Lit., rustling.
soft, slippery, boggy.
E huli iā “nakele” ma Ulukau.
Search for “nakele” on Ulukau.