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pākākā

/ pā.kā.kā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Low and broad, especially of a wooden bowl or door; a low, wide wooden bowl, according to Buck the largest ever made. Puka pākākā (FS 119), low side door in a house, not the main door, through which one must stoop to enter. Nīnau pākākā, leading question. hoʻo.pā.kā.kā To shape into a low, wide door or bowl.

2. n., A variety of gourd: squatty, small, used for meat and fish (ipu kai). (HP 208.) Also noʻunoʻu.

3. Reduplication of pākā 2, 3, 4; slab, as of salted pork.

4. vt., To inflate, blow up, as a balloon with air.

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pākākā

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

Heluhelu pākākā. To skim read. Ka heluhelu pākākā ʻana. Skim reading.

PA-KA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To glide with a canoe on the surf; to ride on the surf.

2. To flow off; to turn off; as a canoe is turned to avoid a sea; to shoot or slide, as a surf-board on a wave; e pakaka i ka waa, to steer the canoe. See PAKA.

PA-KA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Narrow; thin, as the back door of a house; aka, e komo oe ma ka puka pakaka.

PA-KA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Swelled; big, as one's person.

Pakaka (pā'-kā'-kā'), adj.

/ pā'-kā'-kā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Narrow; thin, as the back door of a house: aka, e komo oe ma ka puka pakaka.

2. Swelled; big, as one's person.

3. Short and wide.

Pakaka (pā'-kā'-kā'), v.

/ pā'-kā'-kā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To glide with a canoe on the surf; to ride on the surf.

2. To flow off; to turn off, as a canoe is turned to avoid a sea; to shoot or slide, as a surf-board on a wave: e pakaka i, ka waa, to steer the canoe. Syn: Paka.

Pakaka (pā'-kā-kā'):

/ pā'-kā-kā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

to glide as on the surf. Land section, Oahu.

Pākākā

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Old canoe landing, Honolulu Harbor (Honolulu in 1810). Wharf built in 1827 at the same site. See Robinson. Lit., to skim (as stones over water).

pākākā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To glide with a canoe on a wave, on the surf; to skim, as a surfing canoe.

pākākā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Side or back door (not the main door); chiefʻs entrance to a home.

pākākā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Wooden calabash, large and flat; low, wide gourd calabash used for meat and fish. See ipu kai, noʻunoʻu.

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