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paiʻea

/ pai.ʻea / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., An edible crab, found where the ʻaʻama is found, but with a harder shell and shorter legs fringed in front with short, stiff hair; perhaps one of the grapsids; one of the names of Kamehameha I.

  • Figuratively, a star athlete.
  • References:
    • PPN paʻikea.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna metaphors

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Hard-shelled crab. Loosely translated, it means star athlete, one of the often used names of Kamehameha I.

Soft-shell crab (family Grapsidae). Edible. Paiʻea was one of the names of Kamehameha I. See ʻaʻama, kuapaʻa.

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