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wai.pahē

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs. Courteous, gentlemanly, polite, modest, gentle, good-natured, easygoing, agreeable, complacent, gracious. This word is usually used in a favorable sense, but occasionally pejoratively: he wahine waipahē wale ma nā mea ʻano ʻino, a woman complacent indeed in the ways of sin.

waipahē

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Gentleness in speech and manners is popularly expressed by waipahē, smooth as water when undisturbed.

waipahe’

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

courteous: gentlemanly.

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