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kuakea

/ kua.kea / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Faded, bleached; white and encrusted, salt deposits left by evaporated sea water; foamy; pale, as a person without a healthy color; to bleach white, fade; foam.

  • Examples:
    • Ke kuakea mai nei kō kuka, your coat is fading.
    • Kahe ka wai ʻula, kuakea ka moana, when the red waters run, the sea is white with foam.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokuakea Caus/sim.; To bleach or whiten.
      • E aloha aʻe ana kēia i ka hau hoʻokuakea ʻili (song), this is a fond recollection of the snow that whitens the skin.
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kūākea

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

ʻaʻano, Open, as a primary election.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning, Spelling variant
  • Related:
    • Wae moho kūākea. Open primary.
  • References:

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kuakea

/ KU-A-KE-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To be white as chalk; as salt on or about salt ponds; ua hele a kuakea i ka paakai.

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kuakea

/ kū'-ă-kē'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., White.

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kuakea

/ kū'-ă-kē'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be white as chalk or as salt on or about salt ponds: ua hele a kuakea i ka paakai.

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kūākea

hehele ｜ intransitive verb / kū'-ā'-kē-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., [Kū, stand and ākea.] To stand openly; to be public.

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Kuakea

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Gulch, Hālawa qd., south Molokaʻi.

  • Literally, faded, light-colored (perhaps named for a Maui chief).
  • References:
    • RC 74.

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kuakea

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To be white, as chalk or salt on or about salt ponds; to bleach white.

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