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piha.ʻā

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Same as pīhā 1. Koa pihaʻā, a fallen koa tree suitable for a canoe, so called even though it was not driftwood. Hana a ka wai nui, pihaʻā o kai, when the waters are great, the shorelands are littered with jetsam [said of a person who talks foolishly]. See also mamo 4 and Hal. 102.3. Huʻea i kai nā pihaʻā moe wai o uka, washed to the sea is debris of upland streams.

2. Same as pīhā 2.

PI-HAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Drift-wood. Hal. 102:3. That which floats swiftly by; he wahie na ka waikahe.

Pihaa (pī'-hă-ā'), n.

/ pī'-hă-ā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Material lodged by the current in the bed of a stream; driftwood; that which floats swiftly by; he wahie na ka waikahe.

piha‘a’

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

driftwood.

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