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eaea

/ ea.ea / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., Air, breath, air current.

2. Reduplication of ea #3; to rise; high waves.

  • Examples:
    • He iʻa no ka papaʻu, he loaʻa wale i ka hopu lima; he iʻa no ka hohonu, noho i ke eaea, fish of the shallows, gotten merely by catching in the hands; fish of the depths stay in the high waves [some tasks are easier than others].
  • References:
    • PPN eʻaeʻa.

3. Reduplication of ea #4; a smell, as of seaweed; to smell.

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ʻeaʻea

/ ʻea.ʻea / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

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).

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ʻeāʻeā

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

Interj. at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la. Nani wale nā hala, ʻeāʻeā, o Naue i ke kai, ʻeāʻeā (song), beautiful indeed the pandanus, tra-la, of Naue by the sea, tra-la.

ʻeʻa.ʻeʻa

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

Redup. of ʻeʻa 1, dust; dusty; obscure, darkened, cloudy, shady; to cloud, overshadow (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeaʻea).

eaea

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

ʻaʻano Aerated; aerobic, i.e. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen. Dic., ext. mng. See hōʻeaea. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻana. Aerobic decomposition. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻole ʻana. Anaerobic decomposition.

eaea

/ E-A-E-A / Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj., Dignified; honorable; high. SYN. with hanohano, hiehie, eaea kai. Me he wawae, kuhaka la ka eaea.

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eaea

/ E-A-E-A / Andrews Haw to Eng,

s., See ea, adj.,. The strong, offensive smell of meat; eaea, paoa, hauna, hohono; eaea ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau; eaea ka hohono o ka palani (barani.)

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eaea

/ E-A-E-A / Andrews Haw to Eng,

v., To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish; ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

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eaea

/ E-A-E-A / Andrews Haw to Eng,

v., To be covered with dust, as one out in the wind where the dust is flying; eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

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Eaea (e'a-e'a), adj.

/ e'a-e'a / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. Dignified; honorable; high: Me he wawae kuhaka la ka eaea. Syn: Hiehie, eaeakai.

2. Offensive, disagreeable. Same as ea.

Eaea (e'a-e'a), n.

/ e'a-e'a / Parker Haw to Eng,

An offensive odor; a foul smell; stench; stink: Ka eaea o ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau.

Eaea (e'a-e'a), v.

/ e'a-e'a / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. To be covered with dust; to be dusty: Eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

2. To make dim with or as with shade; to obscure the light, brightness, illumination, or luster of; to dim; to darken; to overshadow; to cloud; to shade: Ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

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