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walewale

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

1. Reduplication of wale #1.

2. vs., Deceived.

  • Rare

3. Same as wale #2, just, only, etc.

  • References:
    • Nal. 1:22–34.

Nā LepiliTags: rare

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v. See WALE. To be deceived; to be led astray by one. Isa. 36:14. To deceive; to entrap; to get the advantage.

2. Hoo. To tempt; to entice; to insnare; to deceive by flatteries; hoowalewale nui mai na haole ia ia (ia Liholiho) i ka inu rama, the foreigners greatly enticed him (Liholiho) to drink rum.

3. To suborn; to influence to wrong. Oih. 6:11.

s. A temptation to evil.

2. A tempter to evil.

3. Forgetfulness of a thing.

4. Indifference; slowness; destitution.

s. One set apart as defiled, as a woman having given birth to a child; in her condition she was called walewale. A hala na la chiku, a ma ka wa e pau ai ka walewale, alaila hoi mai ma ka hale o kana kane iho; a ma ka la awalu, hoi mai kana kane, noho pu, no ka mea ua pau ka walewale keiki.

adj. Insnaring; enticing to evil; tempting.

2. Stringy; slimy, as the secretion of the nose; as matter coughed up from the lungs.

3. Slimy, as certain states of the f#x00E6;ces; nearly synonymous with aweawe; walewale ka lepo.

adv. At a venture. 1 Nal. 22:34. Without object; hele walewale lakou a lilo loa i ka hewa.

Walewale (wă'-lĕ-wă'-le), adj.

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

Slimy, like mucus. (Refers to exudation from animal bodies.)

Walewale (wă'-le-wă'-le), adv.

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

[Wale, gratuitously.] At a venture. Without object: hele walewale lakou a lilo loa i ka hewa.

Walewale (wă'-lĕ-wă'-le), n.

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

1. Allurement; seduction.

2. A decoy.

3. One set apart as defiled, as a woman having given birth to a child. In her condition she was called walewale.

4. Menstruation.

Walewale (wă'-lĕ-wă'-le), v.

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

1. To be deceived; to be led astray easily by one.

2. To be mucilaginous.

3. To be unstable.

One set apart, as a woman who has given birth to a child. In her condition she was called walewale. (A.)

mucus, slime: allurement; decoy: to he deceived.

Deceived.

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