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1. Reduplication of ʻae #3.

• Examples:
  • Hulu ʻaeʻae, downy feathers.
  • Ka ʻai ʻaeʻae, soft food or poi.
• Related:
  • hōʻaeʻae Caus/sim.; To make soft, fine, etc.
• References:
  • See lole, mehelu.

2. n., A small native shrub (Lycium sandwicense) growing near salt marshes and among rocks near the sea. It has light-colored bark; succulent, narrow pale-green leaves about 2.6 cm long; small white to blue-tinted flowers; and small red berries.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻākulikuli ʻaeʻae, ʻākulikuli ʻōhelo, and ʻōhelo kai.
• References:
  • Neal 740.

3. n., Water hyssop, a succulent herb (Bacopa monnieria).

• Source:
  • Niʻihau
• References:
  • Cf. Neal 759.

4. Reduplication of ʻae #4.

• Examples:
  • ʻAeʻae kai, raise of the tide; froth of the seas.

ʻaʻano, Fine, as sand.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.
  • Existing dictionary word
• References:
  • Cf. mānoanoa.