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1. n., Refuse or rubbish, waste, excrement (cf. kūkae); refuse from fibers, as of olonā; raw bast and refuse of the wauke plant after soaking.

• References:
  • PPN taʻe.

2. vi., Treated with contempt, scorn.

• Examples:
  • Ke kae ʻia o ka inoa, contempt shown the name.
• Related:
  • hoʻokae Caus/sim.; To despise, detest, treat with contempt of scorn; destroy, devastate (Oihk. 26.31); to refrain from doing, as due to horror.
    • Hoʻokae ʻili, race prejudice.
    • Hoʻokae ʻino, to abhor.

1. v., To rub out, as a mark; to blot out; to erase.

2. To kill; to take away. Hookae. To blot out; to destroy; to kill instantly; to smite. 1 Oihl. 13:10.

3. To make desolate. Oihk. 26:31.

s. The brink, border or edge of a thing; the exterior of the anus; the side. as of a precipice, wood, lake, &c. Puk. 25:25. The brim of a vessel or container. 1 Nal. 7:23. The inner bark, as of wauke; kae wauke.

v. To have a border or brim. Hoo. To hold on the brink or border; to protect.

v. To spurn; to turn a deaf ear; to refuse to listen; to answer foolishly.

2. To try a kalo patch, to know if it is ripe enough to eat; e kae i ka loi.

s. Contempt; a refusal to hear advice.

2. A name of an office in the king's train.

1. v., To have a border or brim.

2. v., See hauhae.

I. Ma ka Hikina, he holoku ka lole e lewa wale ana a i ka wawae; nolaila, ina e manao e holo a e hana, e pono e kaakoo i ka lole ma ke kino me ke kaei. Nolaila hoi o 'ke kaakooia o ka puhaka,' oia ka hoomakaukau ehana, 2 Nalii 4:29; Oih. 12:8; o ka noho makaukau ia i ka hiki mai ana o ka Haku, Luk. 12:35. Ina i paipaiia kekahi e kaakoo i ka puhaka, o ke ano e hooikaika, e hoomanawanui, Iob. 38:3; Ier. 1:17; Ep. 6:14; 1 Pet. 1:13. O ka wehe i ke kaei o ka puhaka, o ka hoonawaliwali no ia, Is. 5:27. Aia no i na makaaiiana ke kaei ili; i na kaula hoi ia kaei, 2 Nalii 1:8; Mat. 3:4. He kaei olona hoi kekahi, Ier. 13:1; he kaei silika kekahi. He loloa kekahi a elua a ekolu puhki ana i ke kino. He hipu hoi ia no ka waihona waiwai; e nana Mat. 10:9; Mar. 6:8. He kaei ko na Aina Hikina i keia wa e like me mamua. Ma ke kaei ko lakou pahikaua i kekahi manawa, e like me ko na Hebera, 1 Sam. 25:13; 2 Sam. 20:8; o ka ipuinika kekahi, a me ka rula o ka mea paahana kekahi, Ez. 9:2. E nana ke kii ma KAPA-KOMO.