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1. nvt., To choose, select, pick out, sort, discriminate, separated, cull, nominate; to draft, as soldiers; to preen, as of a chicken; finicky, fussy; to reflect, meditate; appointment.

  • Examples:
    • Hīmeni wae, selected hymn or anthem.
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2. n., U-shaped canoe spreader.

3. n., Leg.

  • Rare
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4. n., Rib of a ship.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy rare

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Same as ʻaʻae, third generation taro.

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1. v., To select; to pick out; to choose. Puk. 12:21.

2. To sort out the good from the bad; to separate; to set aside; to draw out some from among others; wae ae la ke kuhina i na waa kupono ke holo. Laieik. 100.

3. To break and separate, as the parts of a thing.

4. To dwell upon, as the mind in thinking of an event.

5. To think; to reflect; to consider a case. See wa.

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wae

kikinonoun / WAE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A choice; a thing that suits one’s desires; something according to one’s wish.

2. The knee; the side timbers in a boat or ship; he wae waa, he wae moku.

3. Name of a species of kalo.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy flora kalo

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wae

kikinonoun / wăe / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A choice; a thing that suits one's desires; something according to one's wish.

2. n., The knee; the side timbers in a boat or ship; he wae waa, he wae moku.

3. n., A variety of the taro plant, marked with light yellow stripes.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy flora kalo

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1. v., To select; to pick out; to choose.

2. v., To sort out the good from the bad; to separate; to set aside; to draw out some from among others; wae ae la ke kuhina i na waa kupono ke holo. Laieik. p. 100

3. v., To break and separate, as the parts of a thing.

4. v., To dwell upon, as the mind in thinking of an event.

5. v., To think; to reflect; to consider a case.

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Knees or side timbers in a canoe, boat, or ship. (A.) The u-shaped canoe spreader. (PE.)

To choose, pick out; to sort the good from the bad. (Puk. 12:21.)

to select, choose, sort, separate.

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