kai puʻeone
/ kai puʻe.one /n., A sand-dune sea, said either of a sea at very low tide which leaves the sand exposed, or of a rough sea that washes up sand dunes.
- Examples:
- He lā kai pā, he kai puʻeone, ā e hoʻihoʻi nō ke kai i ke one … ma kona wahi kahiko (Kep. 101), a day of a pounding sea, for the sea brings back the sand … to its old place.
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