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1. vs., Tenacious, sticky, threadlike, adhesive; glueyness, threads.

• Examples:
  • Ke aweawe ʻōnohi i ke kula (chant), the sun's rays on the plain.
• Related:
  • hōʻaweawe Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Cf. aweawe poi.

2. Wake, as of a ship.

v., Hooaweawe. To make small; to diminish; to render of small account; e maawe.

1. s., The curling of the water in the wake of a ship.

2. The track or wake of a ship.

3. The tails or arms of a squid; he waiu no ka hee malalo o ke aweawe.

adj., Beautiful; handsome; applied to men and women.

adj., White; slimy, as the fæces in some diseases. See walewale, adj.,

s., Tied up in a bundle; bound tight; he laulau aweawe no ka haawe.

adj., Well mixed; applied to poi.

1. adj., Having great cohesiveness of particles; tough; tenacious. Poi aweawe; tenacious poi.

2. adj., Adhesive; viscous; sticky.

3. adj., Having the particles diffused; not dense, as raindrops falling slowly; thin or light. Ua aweawe, light rain.

4. adj., Handsome; beautiful: applied to men and women.

adj., Covered with slime; slimy. See walewale.

1. n., The track as foam, etc., left by a vessel passing through the water; wake.

2. n., The forming of a trail or path in the wake of a moving vessel.

3. n., That which is carried on the back or shoulders; a pack; a knapsack; a burden. See awe.

n., The arms or tentacles of a squid. Syn: Awe.

1. v., To grow or become thin; to thin.

2. v., To become less dense, falling perceptibly though slowly, as rain-drops; to be dispersed or thinned: Ua aweawe ka ua, the rain has become less dense.

3. v., To be adhesive or sticky; to become tough or tenacious, as poi: Ua aweawe ka poi; the poi has become tenacious. See uo.

Tenacious, sticky, threadlike; metaphorical reference to the sliminess of feces in some diseases.

Beautiful, handsome, as applied to both men and women; curling water in the wake of a ship; tentacles of a squid.

(ke) aweawe wake of vessel; trail of smoke : tenacious; adhesive.