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1. s., Red dirt; a kind of Spanish brown dug from the earth.

2. Any red coloring matter; red ochre. Isa. 44:13.

adj., Relating to the practice of the priest offering the yearly sacrifice; hele mai ke kahuna alaea me ke kanaka, nana e lawe ka ipu alaea.

adj., Red, as the flesh of the fish aku and ahi. See foregoing. Huki koke ka io alaea a me na io a pau; name of a muscle. Anat. 50.

s., The fore part of the thigh.

1. s., A family, tribe or clan.

2. The descendants of servants; the descendants of Keopuolani are the alaea of Nahienaena.

adj., Relative to the ceremony of the hiuwai; relating to the practice of the priest offering the yearly sacrifice. Hele mai ke kahuna alaea me ke kanaka, nana e lawe ka ipu alaea.

adj., Red; red, resembling flesh, as the fibrous tissues seen in large fish: Huki koke ka ia alaea a me na io a pau.

1. n., The fore part of the thigh.

2. n., A long, narrow muscle of the thigh; the sartorius muscle.

1. n., A red or brown clay used to color the water in the religious ceremony known as hiuwai.

2. n., Red dirt; a kind of Spanish brown coloring matter dug from the earth.

3. n., Any red coloring matter; a dye for tapa; red ochre.

4. n., A group of kindred individuals.

5. n., A family, tribe or clan.

6. n., The descendants of servants: The descendants of Keopuolani are the alaea of Nahienaena. (Obsolete.)