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hehele, To pant, as a dog.

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1. v., See ha. To breathe hard; to pant for breath, as in great haste.

2. To feel of; to move the hand over a thing. Kin. 27:12, 21.

3. To feel, as a blind person; to grope; to feel, as if searching for something. Isa. 59:10.

4. Hoohaha. To manipulate; to manufacture; hoohaha paakai, to manufacture or make salt.

5. To strut; to act the fop; to walk about like a cock turkey.

s., Hoohaha. A swelling or puffing up.

s., The inside of kalo tops used for food; the whole top is called huli. See ha.

1. s., A sort of wooden net used for catching the oopu, a fresh water fish, from brooks.

2. The board on which fishermen place their nets.

3. Name of a tree.

1. n., Pride; haughtiness; arrogance; contempt of others.

2. n., A wooden net or trap made of twigs and small branches and used for catching fresh water fish.

1. n., The inside of taro tops used for food; the whole top is called hull. See ha.

2. n., A small tree (Cleromontia gaudichaudii) found on west Maui, also along the Kula pipe line. On Kauai it is known as apeape, and on Oahu as ohawai. Also called hahaaiakamanu. The thick milk sap is used as bird-lime by the natives.

3. n., Banana (Musa sp.).

1. v., To breathe hard; to pant for breath, as in great haste. See ha.

2. v., To feel of; to move the hand over a thing.

3. v., To grope as a blind person; to feel, as if searching for something.

Lower part of the banana stump that is cut off.

To breathe hard, pant for breath, as if in haste.

Proud; to strut.