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v., To dance; connected among Hawaiians with singing. 1 Sam. 18:6. As an act of worship formerly among the Jews. 2 Sam. 6:14.

s., A dance; a dancing, as in idolatrous worship. Puk. 32:19.

s., Name of a shrub or tree.

adj., Short; low; humble; generally doubled, haahaa, which see; ohi kukui o kanuukea ka haa.

is often used in some words for the causative prefix instead of hoo; oftener found in the Tahitian dialect.

1. n., A tree (Antidesma platyphyllum) native chiefly of Malaysia and extending into Polynesia, growing from 20 to 30 feet high, called also hame and mehame. It furnishes a dye of a gray color.

2. n., The dye produced from the haa.

1. n., A dance; a dancing.

2. n., A dwarf; man or animal below ordinary height.

prefix, Is used in some words for the causative prefix instead of hoo as in haakohi. It is oftener found in the Tahitian dialect.

v., To dance by bending the knees, as in certain dances.