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ualehe

/ ua.lehe / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Loose, loose-fitting, as a dress; sitting with the knees wide apart; stretching the mouth, as in a grimace.

  • Related:
    • hōʻualehe Caus/sim.

2. vs., Wary of a hook, as a fish once caught and having escaped.

  • Rare

3. vt., To oust a tenant from his land and deprive him of the fruit of his work; to evict.

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U-A-LE-HE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To strip one of his property; to dispossess one; hemo.

Ualehe (u'-ă-le'-he), v.

/ u'-ă-le'-he / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To oust a tenant; to deprive one of the fruit of his toil on the land.

2. To be shy of a hook, applied to fish.

3. Loosened; made less compact.

ualehe

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

To oust a tenant from his land and deprive him of the fruit of his work; to evict (PE).

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