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waʻawaʻa

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

1. Reduplication of waʻa #2; full of gulches, gullies, grooves; gullied, furrowed, grooved.

2. nvs., Muscular, one whose back bulges with muscles.

3. nvs., Stupid, ignorant; ignoramus, simpleton, fool.

  • Examples:
    • Waʻawaʻaiki-naʻaupō, ignorant stupid one [name of a legendary simpleton].
  • Related:
    • hoʻowaʻawaʻa Caus/sim.; To act the fool.
  • References:

4. n., Upper end of a lobster's leg.

5. n., Hollow at meeting of bones below the Adam's apple.

6. vs., Desolate, uninhabited.

  • Examples:
    • Waʻawaʻa kō kāua hale, ʻaʻohe kānaka (a dirge), our house is desolate without people.

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WAA-WAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To act ignorantly or without forethought, as if a person, without thought, should in a freak of generosity, give away all his property, and afterwards should remember his own act when it was too late.

WAA-WAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The upper end of a lobster’s leg; also the front side of a lobster’s head.

2. The upper part of the thorax; the lower part of the throat.

3. Mischief from ignorance, from badness generally; applied to all classes of persons; ku i ka waawaa o ke kapu la.

WAA-WAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Plump, as the shoulders of a young man; hard; full.

2. Dark-hearted; ignorant; unskillful; awkward; naaupo. (See the verb.) Waawaa iki naauao kahi keiki; waawaa iki naaupo kahi keiki.

3. Full of hillocks or knolls; he waawaa ka lae, an expression of blackguardism.

Waawaa (wa'a-wa'a), adj.

/ wa'a-wa'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Plump, as the shoulders of a young man; hard; full.

2. Dark-hearted; ignorant; unskillful; awkward; naaupo: Waawaa iki naaupo kahi keiki; waawaa iki naaupo kahi keiki.

Waawaa (wă'a-wă'a), n.

/ wă'a-wă'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The upper end of a lobster's leg; also the front side of a lobster's head.

2. The upper part of the thorax; the lower part of the throat.

3. Mischief from ignorance, from badness generally; applied to all classes of persons: ku i ka waawaa o ke kapu la; blunder.

Waawaa (wa'a-wa'a), v.

/ wa'a-wa'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To act ignorantly or without forethought, as if a person, without thought, should in a freak of generosity, give away all his property, and afterward should remember his own act when it was too late.

Waawaa (wā'ā-wā'ā):

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

gullied, furrowed. Land section, Puna, Hawaii.

waʻawaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Upper part of the thorax; lower part of the throat.

waʻawaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Plump, muscled, as the shoulders of a young man.

waʻawaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To act without foresight, as giving away oneʻs property in a moment of generosity; mischief from ignorance; stupid.

waʻawaʻa

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Reduplication of waʻa (PE). 2. Full of gulches, gullies, grooves (PE).

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