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ʻākaʻakaʻa

/ ʻā.kaʻa.kaʻa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Reduplication of ʻākaʻa; peeled, as the skin by sunburn or by drinking kava; peeling; ruffled.

  • Figuratively, exhausted, thin.
  • Related:
    • Kūkae ʻākaʻakaʻa, pellet-like excreta, as of rabbits.
    • Ua māhuna i ka ʻawa, ua ʻākaʻakaʻa, scaly with kava, peeling.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: metaphors kava

ʻākaʻakaʻa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

ʻaʻano To be peeling, as skin from sunburn. Dic.

ʻākaʻakaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Peeling or falling off of the scarf skin after a sunburn or a course of drinking ʻawa (kava); lean, reduced in flesh, tired. (HPL.)

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