makaha
1. Inflamed or swollen eye.
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2. Pig disease.
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mākaha
/ mā.kaha /1. vt., Fierce, savage, ferocious; to seize property, to desolate, plunder, cheat.
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- Kaʻū mākaha, fierce Kaʻū [a description of the Kaʻū people, referring to their killing of several oppressive chiefs].
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- See kaha #4 .
2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star; this star and Mākohilani were near the Pleiades, and were said to be patrons of fighters.
3. Same as mākāhakaha.
4. vt., To speak disparagingly or insultingly of.
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- ʻO Hawaiʻi nō kēia i mākaha ʻia ai he palu lāʻī, the people of [the island of] Hawaiʻi are spoken of derisively as lickers of ti leaves [so called because they were said to have done this at a feast in the time of Kamehameha where not enough food was provided].
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Mākaha
Point, ridge, and valley, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Dwelling place of the demigods Hina and Māui at Ka-haku-loa, West Maui (Jarrett 24). Land section, village, valley, point, elementary school, playground, beach park, stream, hotel, and two golf courses (called Mākaha Valley East and Mākaha Valley West), Ka-ʻena and Schofield qds., Oʻahu; the area is famous today for surfing (annual international championships are held here) and as a resort; in ancient days, famous for robberies. (Ii 97.) Lit., fierce.
Mākaha
1. Beach, Mākaha, Oʻahu. Calcareous sand beach on the shore of Mākaha Valley. 2. Beach park (20.6 acres), Mākaha, Oʻahu. 3. Cable Station, Mākaha, Oʻahu. Mākaha Beach is the landing site for a number of transpacific and interisland fiberoptic submarine cables. The first transpacific cable was installed in 1964 and the cables that followed are buried in a trench across the beach. Communications technicians staff the cable station twenty-four hours per day. 4. Point, Mākaha, Oʻahu. At the west end of the beach. Also known as Kepuhi Point. 5. Surf site. World-famous surf site off the beach park. In 1954 Mākaha was the site of Hawaiʻi's first international surfing meet, the Mākaha International Surfing Contest. Lit., fierce.
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