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pōʻeleʻele

/ pō.ʻele.ʻele / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Reduplication of pōʻele.

  • Examples:
    • Pōʻeleʻele e nalo ai ka ʻili o ke kanaka, darkness in which the skin of man vanishes.

Pōʻeleʻele

/ Pō-ʻeleʻele / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Stream, Kōloa district, Kauaʻi.

  • Literally, black night.

Nā LepiliTags: Kauaʻi

Dark blue, black of the middle of the night. Aloha pō ʻeleʻele! Good night!

Blackness, darkness, as applied to the mind; ignorant, bewildered. Aloha pō;eleʻele, Good night [on a black night].

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