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1. nvs. Empty and hollow, as of a bowl, poi board, drum, canoe hull; hull; inside bottom as of a calabash or poi board.

• Examples:
  • Mehe kaʻele papa lā Hilo, i lalo ka noho, kāʻele wale Hilo i ke ālai ʻia e ka ua (UL 60), like a poi board Hilo, dwelling below, darkened Hilo by the blocking rain.

• Related:
  • Kaʻele papa, dug-in poi board.
  • Iwi kaʻele, keel.
  • Also: ʻele.
• References:
  • PPN takele .

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a wind of Kalelewaʻa, Molokaʻi.

• References:
  • For. 5:101.

1. vs. Darkened.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻele, black.
  • See ex. kaʻele #1.

2. vs. Numerous.

• Examples:
  • Kāʻele hoʻi kānaka o kēlā wahi! So many people in that place!

3. vs. Slow, delaying.

• Examples:
  • Kāʻele nohoʻi kō ʻoukou hele ʻana mai, how slowly you came.

4. n. A seaweed.

ʻaʻano, Empty, as a bowl.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Usually: hakahaka.

ʻaʻano, Bold, on a computer or in typesetting; boldface.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See hoʻokāʻele.