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pōʻeleʻele

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

Reduplication of pōʻele.

  • Examples:
    • Pōʻeleʻele e nalo ai ka ʻili o ke kanaka, darkness in which the skin of man vanishes.

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poeleele

/ PO-E-LE-E-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See poele. To be or become dark, as night; to become black. Hoopoeleele. To cause darkness. Puk. 10:21.

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poeleele

/ PO-E-LE-E-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. adj., Black; dark as night; benighted.

2. Applied to the mind, ignorant; bewildered.

3. Round; smooth; polished; pokaka, nemonemo.

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poeleele

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

1. adj., Black; dark as night; benighted.

2. adj., Applied to the mind, ignorant; bewildered.

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poeleele

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

v., [Poele, to be dark.] To be or become dark, as night; to become black.

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Pōʻeleʻele

iʻoaproper noun / Pō-ʻeleʻele / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Stream, Kōloa district, Kauaʻi.

  • Literally, black night.

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

Blackness, darkness, as applied to the mind; ignorant, bewildered. Aloha pō;eleʻele, Good night [on a black night].

night time; darkness.

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