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1. nvs., Broad, wide, spacious, open, unobstructed, public, at large; full, as a skirt; breadth, width.

• Figuratively, liberal.
• Examples:
  • Piliwaiwai ākea, open gambling.
  • Ākea ka noʻonoʻo, broad-minded.
  • Hōʻike ākea, a public report; to lay before the public.
  • Ke hoʻolaha ʻia aku nei ma ke ākea, there is being widely advertised hereby.
• Related:
  • hoʻākea Caus/sim.; To widen, broaden, extend, enlarge, make public; broadening, expansion; extension; to escape Rare.
    • E hoʻākea i ke kolone, extend the column [a military command].

2. (Cap.) n., Variant of Wākea.

ʻaʻano Width or breadth, in math. Dic. Also ana ākea. See laulā. Cf. loa, lōʻihi, hohonu, kiʻekiʻe.

Ancestor of all Hawaiians who founded the island kingdom of Papahaunaumoku.

Sweet potato with a wide leaf. (NP 126.)

1. Broad, wide, spacious. (PE). 2. Public (AP) (PE).