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1. nvs., Wild, fierce, vicious, furious, savage, ferocious; fury, rage; to rage.

• Examples:
  • Hae ka inaina, enraged.
  • Hae i ka pōloli, famished.
  • Hae ka puʻu i ka ʻai, ravenous with hunger.
  • Hae i ka wai (Kel. 48), very thirsty.
• Related:
  • hoʻohae Caus/sim.; To make wild or savage; to provoke, tease, exasperate, stir up wrath.
• References:
  • PCP fae , sae .

2. vi., To bark (Isa. 56.10), growl, snap, as a dog; to chirp noisily or scold, as a mynah bird.

• Related:
  • hoʻohae Caus/sim.; To cause to bark, growl, scold.

3. vt., To tear.

• Related:
  • PPN sae .

4. n., Flag, banner (perhaps so called because a piece of torn [hae] tapa was used as a banner).

• Examples:
  • E kau ai kākou i ka hae (Hal. 20.5) we will set up the banners.

5. n., Flowers.

1. s., See haehae. Something torn, as a piece of kapa or cloth. The Hawaiian signals were formerly made of torn kapa; hence, in modern times,

2. A flag; ensign; banner; colors. Hal. 20:5. The flag of a ship, &c.; ke kia, ame ka pea, ame ka hae, the masts, the sail, and the flag. See lepa.

adv., A word expressive of deep affection for another; as, aloha hoi hae, from the deep yearning, breaking or tearing of the heart. See haehae.

s., A species of wood.

v., To bark, as a dog. Isa. 56:10.

1. adj., Wild; tearing; furious; ferocious; cross; he ilio hihiu hae, a ferocious wild dog; applied to a wolf.

2. The growling or snarling of a cross dog.

v., To tear in pieces; to rend, as a savage beast. See nahae. Often used in the double form.

1. n., Something torn, as a piece of tapa or cloth. See haehae. The Hawaiian signals were formerly made of torn tapa; hence, in modern times:

2. n., A flag; ensign; banner; colors, etc.: ke kia, ame ka pea, ame ka hae, the masts, the sail, and the flag. Syn: Lepa.

3. n., The growling or snarling of a cross dog.

1. v., To bark, as a dog.

2. v., Same as haehae, to tear.

adv., Yearning; longing: hae ke aloha.

adj., Wild; tearing; furious; ferocious; cross; he ilio hihiu hae, a ferocious wild dog; applied only to animals.

Flag, banner, ensign. In early times a torn piece of kapa, called hae, was used as a banner.

Deep affection for another. Aloha hae hae, from the yearning, breaking, or tearing of the heart.

Species of wood. No data. (CMH.)

Furiously angry.

In early times a torn piece of kapa was used for a signal; hence, in modern times, a flag or banner.

Here. (CMH.)

flag; bark of dog: fierce; vicious