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ʻeaʻea

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

1. Reduplication of ʻea #4, spray; encrusted with spray (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeʻaʻeʻa).

  • Examples:
    • Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea nā kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu nā lihilihi, the great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are reddened [admiration of a fisherman].

2. Dignified, honorable.

  • References:
    • And.

3. n., A bird (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: fauna birds

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To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish. ”Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea na kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu no lihilihi.” (A.) “The great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are red- dened.” (Translation, PE.)

Dignified, honorable, highly placed. (A.)

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