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1. Reduplication of ʻea #4, spray; encrusted with spray (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeʻaʻeʻa).

  • Examples:
    • Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea nā kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu nā lihilihi, the great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are reddened [admiration of a fisherman].

2. Dignified, honorable.

  • References:
    • And.

3. n., A bird (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: fauna birds

Interjection at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la.

  • Examples:
    • Nani wale nā hala, ʻeāʻeā, o Naue i ke kai, ʻeāʻeā (song), beautiful indeed the pandanus, tra-la, of Naue by the sea, tra-la.

Nā LepiliTags: music

Reduplication of ʻeʻa #1, dust; dusty; obscure, darkened, cloudy, shady; to cloud, overshadow (sometimes confused with eaea and ʻeaʻea).

1. n., Air, breath, air current.

2. Reduplication of ea #3; to rise; high waves.

  • Examples:
    • He iʻa no ka papaʻu, he loaʻa wale i ka hopu lima; he iʻa no ka hohonu, noho i ke eaea, fish of the shallows, gotten merely by catching in the hands; fish of the depths stay in the high waves [some tasks are easier than others].
  • References:
    • PPN eʻaeʻa.

3. Reduplication of ea #4; a smell, as of seaweed; to smell.

Nā LepiliTags: limu

ʻaʻano Aerated; aerobic, i.e. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen. Dic., ext. mng. See hōʻeaea. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻana. Aerobic decomposition. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻole ʻana. Anaerobic decomposition.

v., To be covered with dust, as one out in the wind where the dust is flying; eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

v., To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish; ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

s., See ea, adj.,. The strong, offensive smell of meat; eaea, paoa, hauna, hohono; eaea ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau; eaea ka hohono o ka palani (barani.)

adj., Dignified; honorable; high. SYN. with hanohano, hiehie, eaea kai. Me he wawae, kuhaka la ka eaea.

eaea

ʻaʻanostative verb / e'a-e'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Dignified; honorable; high: Me he wawae kuhaka la ka eaea. Syn: hiehie, eaeakai.

2. adj., Offensive, disagreeable. Same as ea.

n., An offensive odor; a foul smell; stench; stink: Ka eaea o ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau.

1. v., To be covered with dust; to be dusty: Eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

2. v., To make dim with or as with shade; to obscure the light, brightness, illumination, or luster of; to dim; to darken; to overshadow; to cloud; to shade: Ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

Cloudy; to cloud up.

To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish. ”Ka lawaiʻa nui i ʻeaʻea na kuʻemaka, i ʻehuʻehu no lihilihi.” (A.) “The great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are red- dened.” (Translation, PE.)

Dignified, honorable, highly placed. (A.)

medicine; offensive odor of sea or swamp.

adj. dignified, honorable, high, syn. with hannhano.

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