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1. n.v., Chants with mixed or garbled words, for and by chiefs, with inserted syllables and some secret words (as: nohouwō o luhunā, nohouwō o lahalō, for: noʻu ʻo luna, noʻu ʻo lalo, mine are the chiefs, mine are the commoners); to use this language; play language used for amusement and intrigue; code. Hula kake, hula danced to a garbled chant.

• Related:
  • hoʻokake Caus/sim.; To speak kake; to speak unclearly.
• References:
  • Cf. holokake, hōkake.
  • PCP tate; cf. Marquesan tate, stammer.

2. vt., To slip back and forth; to mix, shuffle.

• Related:
  • hoʻokake Caus/sim.; to disturb.

3. n., A native variety of sweet potato; the name may be qualified by the term ʻeleʻele.

4. n., Cartridge.

• Source:
  • English.

5. n., Jack (instrument).

• Source:
  • English.

hamani, To shift, as on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Pihi kake. Shift key (preceded by ke).

s., A kind of artificial language; it is used both in speaking and writing; it is designed as a secret kind of communicating thoughts, and understood only by the initiated. In writing it is made by transposing the letters of words and by giving words new meanings; it is used mostly, if not always, for vile lascivious purposes.

s., A species of potato. See kakake.

1. n., Potatoes unfit for poi. Syn: kakake.

2. n., Code language spoken and written, used generally only by Hawaiian royalty.