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akule

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

n. Big-eyed or goggle-eyed scad fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), Stages of growth are pāʻāʻā, halalū or hahalalū, and akule. Ua wehe ke akule i ka hohonu, the akule has fled to the depths [of escape]. (PPN ʻatule.)

A-KU-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. Name of a species of fish.

A-KU-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. An epithet of an aged person; an old man or woman. See ELEMAKULE.

Akule (ā-kŭ'-lĕ), n.

/ ā-kŭ'-lĕ / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. A species of big-eyed scad (Trachurops crumenophthalma), having a bluish silvery color above, paler below, under parts white. The young akule is called halalu.

2. An aged person; an old man or woman. See elemakule, an old man.

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