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1. nvs., Chin. Figuratively, indifferent, scornful.

• Examples:
  • ʻAuwae oʻo, matured chin [unsocial, unfriendly].
  • ʻElemakule ʻauwae lenalena, old man with yellowed chin [of the very old].
• Related:
  • hōʻauwae Caus/sim.; To show no interest; scornful, disrespectful of taboo (Kep. 139).
• References:
  • Cf. papa ʻauwae.
  • PPN kauwaʻe ‘leg’, PNP kauwaʻ ‘jaw’.

2. n., Curved notch cut on the outer side of a post below the base of a tenon, also called maʻi wahine.

• References:
  • (For. 5:643).

3. n., Portion of the point of a pearl-shell lure which overhangs the shank.

n. Jowl, sagging chin, double chin; sagging part of the neck of an eel. Cf. ʻolo, sag.

n., The chin; auwae kahi malalo o ka waha, the chin is below the mouth.

1. nvs., Indifference to work, discouraged. Literally, chin lump.

• Related:
  • hōʻauwaepuʻu Caus/sim.; To thrust out the chin and twist the lips to the side, or stick the tongue under the lower lip to form a lump (a gesture of refusal or contempt); to sulk, act indifferent or hostile

2. vi., To squat.

n. Sagging of the chin and throat, as in old age; double chin; goiter.

Jowls, double chin, sagging chin.

1. n., Long gourd container used as a receptacle, as for kava or water; long body of a gourd used as a hula drum (cf. heke, ipu).

• References:
  • Cf. ʻolo ʻawa.

2. nvi., Double chin, sagging skin, jowls, calf of leg; scrotum; wattles of a turkey; fat part under the jaws of an eel; pendant; pendulous; to roll with fat; to sag, hang down.

v. See OLO. To hang loosely, as fat under the chin or on the calf of the leg.

2. To vibrate or swing, as a saw. Isa. 10:15.

3. To fall behind; to loiter.

4. To lose favor with one.

5. To be denied that which was before freely given. See OLOOLO below.

[Olo, to rub or roll.]

1. To hang loosely, as fat under the chin or on the calf of the leg.

2. To vibrate or swing, as a saw.

3. To fall behind; to loiter.

adj. Rigid; immovable with fear; he kanaka olohe uwi paa i ka makau ia.

2. Sick, as a woman in child birth; he mai olohe keiki ia no na wahine.

3. Bare; destitute of verdure; ka lua olohe o ke alialia, he lua olohelohe.

4. Bare; free from hair on the body, chin, eyebrows, &c.

1. Rigid; immovable with fear; he kanaka olohe uwi paa i ka makau ia.

2. Sick, as a woman in child birth: he mai olohe keiki ia no na wahine.

3. Bare; destitute of verdure: ka lua olohe o ke alialia, he lua olohelohe.

4. Bare; free from hair on the body, chin, eyebrows, etc.

5. Skillful, as one able to direct or oversee the work of others.

s. See AUWAE, the chin. A lana ka auae kahi uuku.

The central and anterior part of the lower jaw below the mouth; the chin. Syn: Auwae.

kikino, Beard, excluding the moustache. Literally, chin beard.

• Related:
  • Usually ʻumiʻumi.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻumiʻumi lehelehe.

s. The beard; hair on the chin; ka huluhulu o ka auwae.

2. A kind of moss which fastens the nahawele, a kind of shell fish, to the rocks.

1. The beard; hair on the chin or any part of the face: ka huluhulu o ka auwae.

2. A kind of sucker which fastens the nahawele, a kind of shell fish, to the rocks; a tendril.

nvi., To make faces; a grimace of defiance and contempt; the corners of the mouth were drawn back tightly, the teeth separated, chin and lower teeth twisting from side to side; perhaps the figure-eight mouthed images were inspired by this violent fighting expression.

• Related:
  • hoʻohaikaika Caus/sim.; A less violent grimace than haikaika; to make faces, cause to make faces.
• References:
  • Cf. ikaika, strong.

1. s., The chin of a person; auwae. kahi malalo o ka waha, the auwae is the place below the mouth.

2. The jog cut in the top of the post of a Hawaiian house. See auae.

n., Mumps. Literally, puffed chin.

1. n., Taboo enclosure about a chief's house or about a heiau (Kep. 137).

• Examples:
  • Mālama o pā ka ʻauwae i ka paehumu (saying), be careful or the chin will rest on the taboo enclosure [you will get into serious trouble).

2. n., Bannister.

n., A lua fighting stroke. Literally, the floating chin. (Also without Ka-.)

vi., Firmly opposed, set against. Literally, firm chin.

• Examples:
  • He mea ʻauwaepaʻa ʻia ihola ia e ʻoukou, ʻo ke kiʻi hoʻi i ke kāne, you all were dead set against my sending for the man.

the chin.

Chin. Auwae, kahi malalo o ka waha, the auwae is the place beneath the mouth.

Beard; hair on the chin; whiskers; mustache.

To jut out the chin and twist the lips to the side, or stick the tongue under the lip to form a lump—a gesture of contempt or refusal. (PE.)