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1. n., Forehead, brow.

• Examples:
  • Nalulu ka lae, to have a headache.
• References:
  • PPN laʻe.

2. n., Cape, headland, point, promontory.

• References:
  • PEP laʻe.

3. n., Wisdom; mental or emotional qualities.

• Related:
  • hoʻolae Caus/sim.; To pretend to be wise; to act smart; pretentious.
• References:
  • Cf. lae oʻo, lae paʻa, lae ʻula, and idioms pohā #1; poʻohū #1.

4. n., An insulting term, followed by qualifiers, referring to kauā, outcasts, who had dots tattooed on their foreheads (Malo 70–2).

• References:
  • Cf. lae kiko, lae mamo, lae puni.

v., To be light; to be clear, as day; to be shining, as a light. See laelae and kindred with lai.

1. s., Any projecting substance, as a prominent forehead. 1 Sam. 17:49. A brow of a hill; a cape or headland. In geography, a cape or promontory.

2. A calm; a calm place in the sea, as under a bluff, cape or headland.

adj., Clear, shining.

n., Any projection, as a prominent forehead. A brow of a hill; a cape or headland. In geography, a cape or promontory.

v., To be light; to be clear, as day; to be shining, as a light. Syn: kalae and malaelae.

Forehead, brow. (1 Sam. 17:49.)

I. Ez. 9:4; Hoik. 7:3. He aoao mua o ke poo. Ma Inia i keia la, ua hoailonaia ka poe hoomana i kela kii i keia kii ma ka lae; pela hoi kekahi poe kauwa paa.

forehead, cape, brow of hill.

1. Cape or promontory. In re Application of Ashford, 50 Haw. 314, 337 (1968). 2. Point; headland; brow of a hill (T). 3. A cape or headland (AP). 4. Cape, headland, point, promontory (PE).