1. nvt. Negroid, dark, black; to blacken; to tattoo solid black without design; to paint black, as a canoe; to blot. Paʻele i ka ʻalaea a me ka nānahu (FS 259), paint black with red cotoring and charcoal. hoʻo.pā.ʻele To blacken, etc.
2. (Cap.) n. Negro, Black.
3. n. A variety of sweet potato. Also nika.
v. Pa and ele, black. To be covered with dirt; to besmear; to blacken, as with charcoal; to color the skin black; ua paeleia ka hapalua hookahi o ke kanaka a eleele loa; to paint black; e paele i ka waa.
s. A black skin; blackness; a dark color.
adj. Dirty; besmeared with dirt; black; blackened.
Dirty; besmeared with dirt; black; blackened.
1. A black skin; blackness; a dark color.
2. A negro.
[Pa and ele, black.] To be covered with dirt; to besmear; to blacken, as with charcoal; to color the skin black; ua paeleia ka hapalua hookahi o ke kanaka a eleele loa; to paint black: a paele i ka waa.
negro; blot, dirty spot.
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