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1. n. Shadow.

  • Examples:
    • Aka lehulehu, shadow of the multitude; fig., a well-worn path.
    • Ili i ke aka, to cast a shadow.
    • ʻŌlelo i ke aka ka hele hoʻokahi, one going alone talks to the shadow.
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2. nvi. Reflection, image, likeness (Nah. 12.8); faint glimmer preceding the rising of the moon; essence of an offering rather than the flesh; to appear, of moonlight.

  • Many words compounded with aka express clarity, brightness, related to this meaning.
  • Examples:
    • ʻO ke aka kā ʻoukou, ē ke akua, ʻo ka ʻiʻo kā mākou, yours is the essence, O god, ours the material part.
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3. n. Embryo at the moment of conception.

4. n. Newly hatched fish in the stage in which its body is still transparent.

5. n. Knuckles, as of hands or ankles; joints of the backbone; node and stalk of kava; kava slip for planting.

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ʻaʻano, Shadowed, as on computer or in typesetting.

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A particle set before verbs to express carefulness, regularity of proceeding, &c.; as, aka hele, go carefully; aka holo, sail or run slowly; aka hana, work carefully; aka noho, sit quietly.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

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conjunction, But; if not; on the other hand. The word is generally used to express strong opposition of idea.

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s., The shadow of a person; the figure or outline of a thing; a similitude or likeness. Nah. 12:8. NOTE.—The shade of a tree or house is malu.

2. The dawn or light of the moon before rising.

3. The knuckle joints; the protuberances of the ankle joints; the joints of the backbone.

4. FIG. A shadow; frailty; impotence. Isa, 30:2.

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1. v., To light up, as the moon before rising; ua aha ka mahina? kokoke puka, ua aka mai la, how is the moon? it is near rising, it lights up.

2. To go up and down, as on a hilly road. (See No. 2 above, joints of the backbone.)

3. To be split or peeled up, as the bark of a tree.

4. To be torn off, as the kaupaku of a house; ua aka ke kaupaku o ka hale.

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v., To laugh; to deride; i ko'u noonoo ana i keia kumu manao, ua aka iki mai no ka pono, in thinking of this composition, I smiled at its correctness. (The 13th conj., akaaka, is more generally used.)

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A particle set before verbs to express carefulness, regularity of proceeding: aka hele, go carefully; aka holo, sail or run slowly; aka hana, work carefully; aka noho, sit quietly.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

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conjunction, But; if not; on the other hand. (The word is generally used to express strong opposition.)

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

1. n., The shadow of a person; the figure or outline of a thing; a similitude or likeness. Nah. 12:8. (The shade of a tree or house is malu.)

2. n., Fig.: a shadow; frailty; impotence.

3. n., The breaking of moonlight; the faint light which precedes the rising of the moon.

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v., To light up, as the moon before rising: Ua aka ka mahina kokoke puka, ua aka mai la. How is the moon? It is near rising, it lights up.

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To laugh; to deride: I kou noonoo ana i keia kumu manao, ua aka iki mai no ka pono. In thinking of this composition, I smiled at its correctness. (The form, akaaka, is more generally used.)

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Knuckle joints of the hands or ankles; joints of the backbone.

I. o ke ano o ka malu, i kekahi manawa, he poeleele loa, he malu make, Hal. 23:4; a i kekahi manawa, he wahi e oluolu ai, Is. 32:2; i kekahi manawa, he mea e pale aku i ka ino, Hal. 17:8; Is. 49:2; Dan. 4:12. Hoike mai o Ioba i ke aka loloa i ka emi ana o ka la, Ioba 7:2; Ier. 6:4. Ua hoohalike ke ola o ke kanaka me he aka la e pau koke ana, 1 Oihlii. 29:15; Hal. 102:11.

(ke) aka shadow; reflection.

particle prefixed to imply care.

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