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paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vi. Slippery, smooth, as a surface; soft, satiny; to slide, slip, skid; sliding, slipping. Cf. holo paheʻe, pakika, pōhaku paheʻe ʻānai. Lole paheʻe (Hoik. 18.12), silk. ʻŌlelo paheʻe, fluent speech; glib or cunning tongue. hoʻo.paheʻe To cause to slip, slide; to make smooth, slippery; to smooth with oil, as the hair; to lubricate. See ex., kū 13. (PPN paseke.)

2. n. Cleared area, bare dirt.

3. n. Spear throwing (FS 114–5); dart-throwing; sport of sliding a stick over a smooth surface; the dart itself. Buck describes the darts as from 34.5 to 67 inches (about 85 to 170 cm) long, tapering at one end, with the greatest diameter of from 1 to 1 1/2 inches (2.6 to 3.9 cm). Cf. moa 5.

4. n. Shallow hole or grave, as for flexed burial. (For. 5:571.)

5. Same as pāheʻeheʻe, seaweed.

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pahee

/ PA-HEE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Pa and hee, to slip. To slip; to slide, as the feet. Hal. 17:5. Hoo. To cause to slide; hence, to fall. Kanl. 32:35. To let or cause to flow, as blood; mai hoopahee koko.

2. To play at the game called pahee; ua pono ka pahee, no ka mea me ka ikaika nui e pahee, ai, a ua pono no ke kino ma ia paani.

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PA-HEE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Smooth cloth; silk.

2. The name of a game which consists in sliding a stick either on grass or gravel. See the verb.

3. Slipperiness; smoothness. Hal. 55:21.

4. A smooth place.

5. Name of a region on the side of the mountains next below the ilima.

PA-HEE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Smoothed; polished; slippery; shining, as a polished surface; smooth, as a person without hair. Kin. 27:11.

Pahee (pă-he'e), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Smoothed; polished; slippery; shining, as a polished surface; smooth, as a person without hair.

Pahee (pā'-he'e), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A game which consists in sliding on a stick or board.

2. A sliding on any smooth surface.

3. A small shrub resembling the ilima but not so high.

Pahee (pă-he'e), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Slipperiness; smoothness.

2. A smooth place.

pahee

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

v., To play at the game called pahee: ua pono ka pahee, no ka mea me ka ikaika nui e pahee ai, a ua pono no ke kino ma ia paani.

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Pahee (pă-he'e), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To slip; to slide.

paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Game that consists of sliding an implement on grass or gravel. See ihe paheʻe, moa paheʻe.

paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Land on the side of a mountain between the ʻilima and kula levels.

paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Green, cushion-shaped, solid seaweed (Dictyosphaeria versluysii). Also called līpaheʻe, līpaheʻeheʻe, līpahoe, pāheʻe. On Maui it is called līpāhoe.

paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Smoothed, polished, slippery; shining, as a polished surface. (Hal. 73:18.)

pahe‘e

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

sliding; to slip.

paheʻe

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Cleared area, bare dirt, shallow hole or grave (PE). 2. Pahee means slippery. Probably because a peculiar species of grass that grows in such places (DM). 3. Area below the ʻilima region (DM). 4. Area below the ʻāpaʻa (SMK).

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