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n., Eve.

• Source:
  • English.

1. nvi., Sprout, rootlet; lineage, kin; birthplace; family trait; to sprout.

• Examples:
  • Hookahi nō o māua ēwe, we are of the same lineage.
  • Ēwe hānau o ka ʻāina, natives of the land.
  • Kū nō ke ēwe, true to the family traits.
  • E kolo ana nō i ēwe i ke ēwe, rootlet creeps to rootlet [kinfolk seek and love each other].
  • I ke ēwe ʻāina o ke kupuna, in the ancestors' family homeland.
• Related:
  • hoʻēwe Caus/sim.
    • Ua hoʻēwe paʻa ʻia i loko o kona papa houpo aliʻi, firmly fixed in the heart of the chiefly class.
• References:
  • Cf. ēweewe, ēwe kapu, ēwe lani.

2. n., Navel string; abdominal aorta, mature birth.

3. Same as ʻiewe #1, afterbirth.

• Related:
  • Hānau ēwe, premature birth.
• References:
  • PCP eewe .

4. n., White of an egg.

• Examples:
  • Ke ēwe o ka hua moa (Ioba. 6.6), the white of an egg.

v., To grow again after being cut off, as a stalk of sugar-cane; ke ewe ka aa; alaila kukulu na 'lii a pau i ewe ai, he heiau hoouluulu ua ia.

1. s., The navel string.

2. s., Ke ewe o ka huamoa, the white of an egg. Iob. 6:6.

3. s., The abdominal aorta; he ewe, ke ewe.

4. s., The place of one's birth and where his ancestors before him were born; kona ewe hanau. See iewe, placenta.

1. n., The navel string.

2. n., The white of an egg.

3. n., The abdominal aorta.

4. n., The place of one's birth as well as one's ancestors.

v., To grow again after being cut off; to sprout: ua ewe ka ai.