pae
1. nvs., Cluster, row, group; margin or bank, as of a taro patch; level, as of a platform.
- Examples:
- I ka hele ʻana o ka imu ā ʻenaʻena, ua ʻōhelo nohoʻi ka lāʻau ulu imu a nonoho a pae like, when the oven is red-hot, the oven-poking stick is pushed around so that [the stones] are in even levels.
- References:
2. vi., To land, disembark, come ashore; to mount or catch a wave, as of a surf rider; washed or drifted ashore.
- Examples:
- Niho pae, a loose tooth.
- Manu pae, a bird that lands from afar, as a migratory bird.
- Palaoa pae, whale washed ashore.
- Pae i ka nalu, to ride a wave into the shore.
- Poʻe pae mai, immigrants.
- ʻA ʻole e pae nā waʻa o ke aliʻi iāʻoe (Nak. 56), the chief's canoes cannot land because of you.
- E ʻai kākou. Mahalo, ua pae kēia waʻa. Let's eat. Thanks, this canoe has landed [i.e., I have eaten].
- References:
- PPN pae.
3. n., Type of sweet potato, pronunciation uncertain.
- References:
- For. 5:664–5.
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