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pōʻele

/ pō.ʻele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Black, dark; dark night. Figuratively, ignorant benighted.

  • References:
    • PCP po(o)kele; cf. Maori pokele.

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v. Po, night, and ele, black. To be very dark, as a dark night; to be black colored.

2. FIG. To be sinking in death; to experience the darkness that often precedes death.

3. To feel the pangs of death.

adj. Dark blue; black as night; dark colored.

Poele (pŏ-ē'-le), adj.

/ pŏ-ē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Dark blue; black as night; dark colored.

Poele (pŏ-ē'-le), v.

/ pŏ-ē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Po, night, and ele, black.]

1. To be very dark, as a dark night; to be black.

2. Fig. To be sinking in death; to be in the unconscious state that often precedes death.

Dark blue, black of the middle of the night. Aloha pō ʻeleʻele! Good night!

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