ʻoeʻoe
/ ʻoe.ʻoe /Young stage of the kawakawa bonito.
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ʻoʻe.ʻoʻe
Redup. of ʻoʻe. I hoʻi iho au e moe, ʻoʻeʻoʻe ana kō ia lā kuli (song), I went back to sleep, but his knees kept prodding. Kino ʻoʻeʻoʻe (Malo 46), body with spiked protuberances, as of a fish.
oeoe
/ oe.oe /1. Reduplication of oe; whistle, as of steamer or train, siren; bull-roarer, as made of kamani seed or coconut shell on a long string; long, tall, tapering, towering; a long object, pillar (preceded by ke).
2. Same as lupeʻakeke, a bird.
3. n., Temporary booth occupied by priests during taboo days of a heiau.
- References:
- Malo 163.
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oeoe
kikino Alarm bell, as on a clock or fire alarm. Dic., ext. mng. Also pele. See oeoe uahi.
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s. A species of fish.
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s. A drumming and singing together; ke oe omua, he wahi pahu kapu e ku ana iloko o omua; kauo aku la o Wakea ia Papa ma ke o'e omua.
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adj. Long; applied to the neck of a person or thing; oeoe hoi ka a-i, he maikai no nae, long are their necks, but still they are handsome; oeoe ka a-i o ka manu nene, long is the neck of the goose.
2. Applied to a sail; he pea oeoe, he kiekie, a long, high sail; applied to a house; hale oeoe; kukulu hou i hale oeoe a kapu.
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s. An inverted cone.
2. Epithet of a man who walks genteelly; superiority in some respects; kukulu ka oe, spoken of one riding or running swiftly on foot.
3. Epithet of a beautiful woman.
4. A lengthening; a stretching out of the neck. Isa. 3:16, 5. A monument; a pillar or sign of something.
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s.A continued indistinct sound, as an axe upon a grindstone; as a pen drawn hard upon paper.
2. The continued sound of the surf; the sound of a ship passing through the water; the sound of an army marching at a distance. SYN. with nehe, pawewe, kamumu.
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v. To grate harshly, as one thing rubbing against another.
2. To whiz, as a ball or grape-shot through the air.
3. To make an indistinct continued sound; heaha la keia mea e oeoe ae nei? what is this thing that whizzes by us so?
4. To murmur, as a purling brook or running water.
Oeoe (ō'-ě-ō'-ě), adj.
Long; applied to the neck of a person or thing; oeoe hoi ka a-i, he maikai no nae, long are their necks, but still they are handsome; oeoe ka a-i o ka manu nene, long is the neck of the goose; applied to a sail, he pea. oeoe, he kiekie, a long, high sail; applied to a house, hale oeoe, high house; kukulu hou i hale oeoe a kapu.
Oeoe (o'e-o'e), n.
1. A man who walks genteelly; superiority in some respects; kukulu ka oe, spoken of one riding or running swiftly on foot.
2. A beautiful woman.
3. A lengthening; a stretching out of the neck.
4. A monument; a pillar or sign of something.
5. A drumming or chanting together; ke oe omua, he wahi pahu kapu e ku ana iloko o omua; kauo aku la o Wakea ia Papa ma ke o'e omua.
Oeoe (ō'-e-ō'-e), n.
A species of fish; the kawakawa or bonito, when young.
oeoe
Long, stretched out, as the neck of a goose. Oeoe ka ʻaʻio ka manu nēnē, long is the neck of the nēnē, goose.
oeoe
Sprit of a sail.
ʻoeoʻe
Young of the wavy-back skipjack (Euthynnus yaito). Also called little tunny, bonito. See kawakawa.
oeoe
steam whistle.
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Roarer.
oeoe
(ke) oeoe whistle or horn of train, steamer or automobile; lengthened neck.
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