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1. vs., Clear, luminous, transparent, visible, manifest, plain, intelligible; thin, as cloth; shining, bright, distinct.

• Related:
  • Also: akaka.
  • hoʻākaaka Caus/sim.; To clarify, explain, render or make intelligible, provide clearly for, prescribe, describe; explanation, clarification.
    • ʻŌlelo hoʻākaaka mua, preface.
    • Nā mea apau i hoʻākaaka ʻole ʻia ma ke kānāwai, all things not expressly provided for by law.
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  • Cf. mōakaaka.

2. n., A white and very thin tapa.

• References:
  • Cf. aka-ʻaʻamo.

3. n., A downy, thorny branching plant (Solanum aculeatissimum), 30 to 90 cm high, from tropical America. It bears round scarlet fruits 2.6 em in diameter, which are strung for leis.

• Related:
  • Also: kīkānia lei.
• References:
  • Neal 742–3.

4. Same as aka #5.

v., See aka, to laugh. To laugh; to laugh at. Sol. 4:9. Hooakaaka. To cause to laugh; to have joy. Kin. 21:6.

s., Laughter; exhilaration of spirits. Hal 126:2.

n., Laughter; exhilaration of spirits.

1. v., To laugh; to laugh at.

2. v., To ridicule; to show derision through laughter. [See aka, to laugh.]

White and very thin kapa. (PE.)

I. he wahi ohe e ulu ana ma kahi nenelu o ka muliwai Nile, Iob. 8:11; 40:21; 41:2; Is. 35:7; 58:5; a he 12 a 15 paha

Clear, plain (PE). Also, akāka.