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puaināwele

/ pua.inā.wele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Thin, weblike, weak.

  • Examples:
    • Makaliʻi puainā wele ke kai o Keoneʻōio, the sea of Keoneʻōʻio is like a fine-meshed web [one who considers himself too good for his associates].
    • Lohe kōliʻuliʻu puaināwele mehe leo lā no ka hinihini, to hear faintly, weak, like the voice of the land shell.

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PU-AI-NA-WE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Very small; very fine; thin like spider’s webs.

PU-AI-NA-WE-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To reduce to fineness; to make small or fine.

Puainawele (pū'-ă'ī-nă-wĕ'-le), adj.

/ pū'-ă'ī-nă-wĕ'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Very small; very fine; thin like spiders' webs.

Puainawele (pū'-ă'i-nă-wĕ'-le), v.

/ pū'-ă'i-nă-wĕ'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To reduce to fineness; to make small or fine.

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