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pāweo

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

vi., To turn away the face, as in order to avoid seeing someone. Maka pāweo, to avert the eyes. Ā he aha kāu hana e pāweo nei, ē ka makani Puʻu-lena (song), why are you turning away. O Puʻu-lena wind. hoʻo.pā.weo To cause to turn away, snub, etc.

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hehele To skew, as a deviation from a straight line, in math. Dic., ext. mng. Laina pāweo. Skew line.

v. See PAWAA. To be wild; to be untamed; to express rudeness; to be uncivilized; to make blunders in everything attempted; to turn askance, as the eyes; to turn away the eyes. Laieik. 71. To be displeased with; a ike mai la o Poki ia ia, paweo ae la kona maka ia ia.

Paweo (pā'-wĕ'-o), v.

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

1. To be wild; to be untamed; to express rudeness; to be uncivilized; to turn askance, as the eyes; to turn away the eyes. (Laieik. p. 71.) To be displeased with: a ike mai la o Poki ia ia, paweo ae la kona maka ia ia.

2. Diffident; timid.

Pāweo

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Peaks, Hoʻānuanu, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Lit., turn aside.

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