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Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., Name applied to the species of Scomberoides 🌐, fish.

2. n., Rye.

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    • English.
  • Related:
    • Also: rai, huapalaoa ʻeleʻele.

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LAI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. Used for lani, the heavens, especially when the sky is clear and the weather calm; e ke alii wahine o ka lai. Laieik. 154.

2. A calm still place in the sea where there is no ripple and the sea is like a looking-glass.

3. Any calm still place; e noho mai a i ka lai o Lele.

4. Still, as water; pohu, malie o ka lai. See MALINO.

5. Any still, silent place; he wahi mehameha, hakanu.

LAI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

v. To be calm; to make no noise; to be silent; ua lai loa ia po, it was very still that night.

2. Hoo. To quiet; to appease, as a mob. Oih. 19:35.

3. To be quiet, as the elements.

LAI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj. Calm; still; quiet; shining, as the surface of the sea in a calm.

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