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ʻālina

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

nvs., Scar, blemish; scarred, disfigured, injured, maimed (FS 93) (preceded by ke).

  • Figuratively, low, disgraced, degraded, dishonored.
  • Examples:
    • Kau ke ʻālina (FS 93), blemished.
    • Ua ʻālina ka inoa, the name is dishonored.

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ʻālina

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, Scar (preceded by ke).

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ʻālina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Scar, blemish. This could refer to a keloid, an abnormally large, ugly scar from any cause, occurring in certain persons.

ʻālina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Loss of respect for marrying someone of low birth. Could be applied to a chief who so married and consequently had children of low order. To be disgraced, implicated in sin.

ʻālina

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Defiled, as a chief by marrying a commoner of low birth.

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