3. n., A general term for infections and infectious diseases; coated tongue, sometimes accompanied by sore throat, the thrush disease of children.
Examples:
ʻEa ka waha, the tongue is coated.
ʻOia kamaʻilio aku a ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai, while talking on until the tongue is coated, yet no one pays any attention [a metaphor to show exasperation].
Related:
Many diseases of miscellaneous nature begin with ʻea.
1. nvs.,Dust, dirt, dust cloud, spray (ʻeʻa and ʻea #4 are probably interchanged at times).
Examples:
Kōwelo ʻeʻa, dust streamer.
Kū ka ʻeʻa i ke kula, the dust cloud rose over the plain.
ʻŌkaʻi ka ʻeʻa, ʻōkaʻi huakaʻi ʻula, a marching cloud of dust, a red procession on the march [warriors with feather cloaks].
2. n., Mountain banana patch.
Examples:
Līlā ka maiʻa o ka ʻeʻa, wili ka ʻōkaʻi, spindly is the growth of the mountain banana patch, the blossom container twists [even a spindly plant may bear fruit].
3. n., A fish similar to ʻaʻawa, but with dark flesh.
Pōhaku puka ea. Air stone, i.e. the porous rock in an aquarium that creates tiny bubbles at the surface of the water to facilitate the exchange of gases.
s., Takes ke for its article. Spirit; vital breath; the breath of life.
2. Life itself; oiai ke ea, while life lasts.
3. The natural breath of life. 1 Tes. 2:8. E kaili aku ke ea, to die. Kin. 25:8.
4. The breath of man or beast. Kekah. 3:21. Nani ka lokomaikai o ke Akua I kona haawi ana mai i ke ea o ke kanaka. Hal. 78:39. SYN. with hanu. Isa. 42:5.
5. He makani ku malie, oia ka makani e hanu ai kakou, the breathable air.
is used in answer to a call, more familiar and disrespectful than eo. Ea is also used by a speaker to call the attention of his hearers to some particular point which he is about to state; its frequency of use is according to the taste of the speaker; it is brought out generally, in the middle of a sentence. Lunk. 7:3. Sometimes it commences a speech. 1 Sam. 9:5.
adj., Windy; noisy; without effect; he ea ka waha i ke ao ana i ke keiki hookuli, wahapaa; noisy; clamorous; assenting to the commands of a parent, but not obeying; disobedient.
adv., An expression of assent, affirmation, or interrogatory surprise, as in answer to a question, or to repeat the sense of a question asked: Ay or aye; yea; yes. Ea? he oiaio ia? Aye? is that a fact? The sense is often interjectional.
1. n., A species of turtle (Chelone imbricata) which is of great value, as it furnishes almost exclusively the tortoise-shell of commerce; the hawkbill turtle.
2. n., The shell of the hawkbill turtle; the tortoise-shell: He ea kuu wakawaka.
3. n., The white thrush, a vesicular disease affecting the lips, mouth and throat. Generally confined to infants.
4. n., Air; breeze; wind: Ke ea ku malie; the still air.
5. n., The breath, as of life: Ke ea o ke kanaka; the breath of man.
1. v., To become erect after kneeling, sitting, or lying down; to be raised or elevated, as the head: Ua ea ae kona poo; his head was elevated.
2. v., To swell upward; to rise up: Ea ka muliwai; the stream rises.
3. v., To rise in sight; to appear above the horizon. Ua ea ae ka mahina; the moon has risen in sight.
4. v., To increase in force, intensity, etc.; to rise.
5. v., To be revived from death; to rise or arise from the grave: Ue ea hou ka make; the dead has risen again.
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