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kele

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs. Watery, muddy, wet, swampy, greasy, fat, lush.

  • Figuratively, impurity.
  • Related:
    • Wao kele, forested uplands.
    • Moku kele, district surrounded by water; submerged island.
    • hoʻokele Caus/sim.; Same as hoʻokelekele.
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2. nvi. To sail; reached by sailing; flight, sailing.

  • Related:
    • Awa kele, harbor that may be reached by sailing.
    • He moku kele i ka waʻa, an island reached by canoe.
    • Momoku ahi kele kahi, firebrand lighted at one end only before being hurled over a cliff.
    • Momoku ahi kele lua, firebrand lighted at both ends.
    • hoʻokele Caus/sim.; Steersman, helmsman, navigator; to sail or navigate, as the master of a ship; to steer; to drive, as a car. Figuratively, to conduct any business.
      • Poʻe hoʻokele moku, ship crew or navigators.
      • Hoʻokele ʻino, to speed, drive, sail recklessly.
      • Hoʻokeleʻale, name of a navigation star.
      • Hoʻokelewaʻa, the star Sirius.
      • Hoʻokele kaʻa, chauffeur, driver; to drive a car.
      • Hoʻokele waʻa lolo niu, to sail coconut bloom sheaths as [toy] canoes.
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3. vt. To scrape cooked taro with ʻopihi or spoon after peeling is removed, to clean it in preparation for pounding.

4. Variant of kela #1.

5. n. A fresh-water weed.

6. n. Any kind of wild taro.

  • Rare

7. n. Jelly, jam.

  • Eng.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: flora kalo metaphors

kele

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

hehele, To “surf,” as the Internet.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
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kele

/ KE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To slip; to slide; to glide easily.

2. To sink in the sea or in the mud.

3. To be entangled at the bottom of the sea when diving.

4. To sail far out to sea, as a canoe; e kele wale ana ka waa mawaho.

5. Hookele. To steer a ship or canoe; hiki ia ia ma kona ike ke hookele moku; eia ka pule:
A kele akiu, kelekele akiu.

kele

/ KE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Mud; mire; the fat of animals, grease or whatever induces slipperiness.

2. Hookele. The steersman of a canoe or ship; the director of a boat or ship.

kele

/ KE-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Reached or arrived at by sailing; he moku kele i ka waa, an island reached by a canoe. Moolelo Hawaii #7:3.

kele

/ kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Reached or arrived at by sailing: he moku kele i ka waa, an island reached by a canoe.

kele

/ kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The fat of animals, grease or whatever induces slipperiness. See kelekele.

kele

/ kē'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be surrounded; to be enveloped: kuu moku kele i ke kai; my island surrounded by the sea.

2. v., To sail on or out.

3. v., To sail off and on: e kele wale ana ka waa mawalo; the canoe is sailing off and on outside.

kele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To sail a canoe far out to sea; to steer; a steersman.

kele

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To sail; jelly, jam.

kele

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to reach by sailing; to sail off and on.

kele

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

kelekele, fat, grease; slippery.

Ke-le

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

mud, mire.

Ke-le

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

hoo-the steersman of a canoe.

Ke-le

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

to sink in the sea, to be entangled at the bottom when diving.

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