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n., Quick-bearing kind of sweet potato.

• References:
  • Kam. 76:27.

v., Hele and lei, to throw away.

1. To scatter, as any small articles; to spill, as water.

2. To distill, as dew, i. e., to fall upon one, as music or a speech. Kanl. 32:2.

3. To slaver with one's spittle. 1 Sam. 21:13.

4. To scatter, i. e., to fall, as seed sown. Mat. 13:4. Hoohelei. To cast or throw away, &c.

adj., Scattered; dropping or falling, as tears; halawai oia me kana keiki me ka waimaka helelei, she met with her son with flowing tears.

2. Broken or crumbled, so as to separate. Ios. 9:12. Crumbling, as dirt; he lepo helelei.

1. adj., Scattered.

2. adj., Dropping or falling, as tears: halawai oia me kana keiki me ka waimaka helelei, she met her son with flowing tears.

2. adj., Broken or crumbled, so as to separate.

4. adj., Crumbling, as dirt: he lepo helelei.

1. v., To be scattered abroad.

2. v., To be dispersed.

scattered; broken or crumbled.