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pakele

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To escape, be exempt.

  • Examples:
    • I pakele mai au i ka nui manu (song), I escaped from the many birds.
    • Pakele mai ka hopu ʻia, freedom from arrest.
    • Na wai, na wai nō ʻoe aʻe pakele aku (song)? Who, who can escape you?
    • Ka poʻe pakele i ka ʻauhau, people exempt from taxes.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopakele Caus/sim.; To rescue, save or deliver from danger, free; to protect; to help escape.
      • Hana kinai ahi hoʻopakele, fire-protection work.

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PA-KE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Pa and kele, to slip. To escape from some evil; to escape punishment. Heb. 2:3. To be free from. Hoo. To deliver; to cause to escape. Puk. 6:6.

Pakele (pă-kē'-le), v.

/ pă-kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pa and kele, to slip.] To escape from some, evil; to escape punishment; to be free from.

pakele

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

to escape, be free from.

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