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akaaka

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. vs., Clear, luminous, transparent, visible, manifest, plain, intelligible; thin, as cloth; shining, bright, distinct.

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    • Also: akaka.
    • hoʻākaaka Caus/sim.; To clarify, explain, render or make intelligible, provide clearly for, prescribe, describe; explanation, clarification.
      • ʻŌlelo hoʻākaaka mua, preface.
      • Nā mea apau i hoʻākaaka ʻole ʻia ma ke kānāwai, all things not expressly provided for by law.
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2. n., A white and very thin tapa.

3. n., A downy, thorny branching plant (Solanum aculeatissimum 🌐), 30 to 90 cm high, from tropical America. It bears round scarlet fruits 2.6 em in diameter, which are strung for leis.

4. Same as aka #5.

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akaaka

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

v., See aka, to laugh. To laugh; to laugh at. Sol. 4:9. Hooakaaka. To cause to laugh; to have joy. Kin. 21:6.

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akaaka

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

s., Laughter; exhilaration of spirits. Hal 126:2.

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akaaka

/ ă'-kă-ă'-kă / Haw to Eng, Parker,

n., Laughter; exhilaration of spirits.

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akaaka

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

1. v., To laugh; to laugh at.

2. v., To ridicule; to show derision through laughter. [See aka, to laugh.]

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