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1. n., Leaping place, as a precipice from which a swimmer leaps into a pool.

• Related:
  • Kiʻo kawa, a pool below a precipice from which swimmers leap.

2. vt., To assassinate, strike in the dark, kill and rob.

3. (Cap.) n., Site of a jail in Kalihi, Honolulu.

• Examples:
  • Paʻa i Kawa (Kel. 149), lock up in jail.

s., A precipice down which a suicide plunges; a lele aku i ka make me he kio kawa la. See lelekawa.

2. A manner of playing.

3. A person who goes behind or follows after another.

s., A deep pool of water of with a precipice overhanging it, from which to dive.

v., To strike secretly; to pierce one in the dark; to assassinate.

2. To overtake and shoot ahead of one.

3. E pulepe.

4. To shoot or fall down. See lelekawa.

5. To rain heavily; to flow freely, as perspiration upon the skin.

1. n., Top of a precipice from which a swimmer leaps into a pool of water.

2. n., A precipice from which a suicide plunges; a lele aku i ka make me he kio kawa la. See lelekawa.

3. n., A deep pool of water with an overhanging precipice, from which swimmers dive.

1. n., An extension.

2. n., The distance between two objects.

1. v., To strike secretly; to stab in the dark.

2. v., To assassinate.

3. v., To kill and rob.

leaping place. Land section, Oʻahu.

To assassinate, kill in the dark.

To rain heavily. See pulepe.