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makaliʻi

/ maka.liʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. nvs., Tiny, very small, fine, wee, smallmeshed; narrow wefts.

  • Examples:
    • Makaliʻi ʻōhua, tiny ʻōhua, spawn; figuratively, anything wee, tiny.
  • References:
    • PPN mataliki.

2. (Cap.) n., Pleiades; Castor and Pollux.

  • References:

3. (Cap.) n., Hawaiian month name; the six summer months collectively.

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See pākū makaliʻi, waiehu makaliʻi.

Makalii

iʻoaproper noun / MA-KA-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

1. s., The celestial sign Castor and Pollux.

2. The seven stars.

3. The name of a month.

4. The name of the six summer months collectively.

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s., Maka and lii, small; little. Smallness; littleness; inferiority.

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makalii

ʻaʻanostative verb / MA-KA-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

adj., Very small; diminutive; very fine.

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makalii

ʻaʻanostative verb / mă'-kă-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker,

adj., Very small; diminutive; very fine.

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makalii

/ mă'-kă-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker,

[Maka and lii, small; little.]

1. n., Smallness; littleness; inferiority.

2. n., The celestial sign Castor and Pollux.

3. n., A constellation of seven stars; the Pleiades.

4. n., The six summer months collectively; also

5. n., The name of one of the months in the old Hawaiian calendar.

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makalii

/ mă'-ka-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker,

v., See hoomakaulii.

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Makalii

iʻoaproper noun / mā'kā-lii / WahiLocation, Parker,

small eyes: very fine; nane also of a month and the summer season. Land section, Oahu.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Oʻahu

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Makaliʻi

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi,

Points, Kalaupapa peninsula, Molokaʻi, and Kahana qd., Oʻahu.

  • Literally, tiny or Pleiades.

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Makaliʻi

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names,

Beach, point, Punaluʻu, Oʻahu. Narrow calcareous sand beach on the point north of Kahana Bay.

  • Literally, tiny, or Pleiades constellation.

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