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kaiehu

/ kai.ehu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To scatter or stir up, as dust or dirt; tossed, as spray; to moisten or sprinkle with fine drops of water, as of poi being pounded.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAʻole pono ke kaiehu ka ʻōʻō ma ia apoapo ʻana (Kep. 157), it is not right to stir up dust while digging and hilling [sweet potatoes].
  • References:

2. vt., To prod or poke sideways, as in digging, to prod loose; to discharge, as a servant.

3. (Cap.) n., Star name.

  • References:
    • Johnson and Mahelona 44.

Nā LepiliTags: astronomy

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Kaiehu

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, point, Moʻomomi, Molokaʻi. Long calcareous sand beach that adjoins Kaiehu Point and that borders the sand dunes of Keonelele. Lit., sea spray.

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