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1. nvt., Bow for shooting arrows; crossbow; the shooting of a bow; bent, as a bow; to shoot, as a bow.

• Examples:
  • Ua mākaukau lākou i nā kakaka (1 Oihn. 12.2), they were adept at shooting bows.

2. n., Deep-sea fishing with weighted line.

3. Reduplication of kaka #1.

4. n., A sweet potato, usually qualified by the terms ʻili paheʻe, smooth skin, or ʻili pohole o Keawe, scraped skin of Keawe.

s., A bow for shooting arrows; a cross-bow. 1 Oihl.12:2.

v., To crook; to arch; to bend, as a bow.

n., A bow for shooting arrows; a cross-bow.

v., To be crooked; to be bent, as a bow. (Hookakaka is the transitive form.)

1. v., To cleanse with water; to wash.

2. v., To wash lightly; to rinse.

Deep sea fishing with a weighted line. (PE.)

God of fishermen. (CMH.)

I. he mea kaua i ka wa kahiko, a he mea e make ai na mea hihiu kekahi. Ua hanaia i ka laau olu, a i ka hao paha, Kin. 27:3; Hal. 18:34; a ua lenaia i ka wawae i kekahi manawa. Ua halihaliia iloko o ka eke, Hab. 3:9. Ua kaulana ka poe Beniamina no ke akamai i ka lena kakaka, 1 Oihlii. 12:2, 2 Oihlii. 14:8; 17:17. E nana MEA KAUA. 'ke kakaka lauwili' ma Hal. 78:57, he kakaka ino i wiliia; a pela hoi ma Hos. 7:16, he kakaka pono ole. Ma 2 Sam. 1:18, ua oleloia, 'Kauoha aku la hoi ia e ao i na mamo a Iuda i ko kakaka.' Manao kekahi poe, KAKAKA oia ka inoa o ka mele kanikau ia Saulo, a me Ionatana, ma Sam. 1:19-27; nolaila, o ke ano, 'e ao i ke kakaka,' o ao i keia mele.

cross bow.