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1. nvs. Fragrant, sweet-smelling; fragrance, perfume, fume, aroma, sweet scent. Figuratively, of high rank, royal.

• Examples:
  • He ʻaʻala nō ʻo Ka-ʻahu-manu, Ka-ʻahu-manu is of sweet high rank.
  • Pupuka hoʻi paha, he ʻaʻala ka inoa, ugly perhaps, but a noble name.
• References:
  • PPN kakala.

2. (Cap.) n. Winds.

v., 5th conj. of ʻala, to perfume. To emit a perfume; to be fragrant. Isa. 3:24.

2. To smell of perfumery. Hal 45:8. ʻAʻala i ka ihuana ka uka o Kawela.

adj., ʻAla, odoriferous; ʻaʻala ka hala, sweet the hala; ʻaʻala ka rose, sweet the rose; o na kaikuwahine ʻaʻala o Aiwohikupua. Laieik. 62.

s., ʻAla. An odor.

2. A kind of scrofulous sore, so called from the smell.

3. FIG. He ʻaʻala nō ʻo Kaʻahumanu, a sweet perfume is Kaʻahumanu.

adj., Odoriferous: ʻaʻala ka hala, sweet the hala; ʻaʻala ka rose, sweet the rose; o na kaikuwahine ʻaʻala ʻo Aiwohikupua. Laieik. p. 62. "ʻAʻala ka ihona ka uka o Kawela."

1. n., A pleasant odor.

2. n., Fig.: He ʻaʻala nō ʻo Kaʻahumanu, a sweet perfume is Kaʻahumanu.

v., To be fragrant.

Fragrant, odoriferous. Fig., of high or royal rank. He ʻaʻala no o Kaʻahu-manu, Kaʻahu-manu is of sweet royal rank.