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pāka
pākā
/ pā.kā /1. Variant of pākaʻa #1.
- Examples:
- ʻIʻo pākā, lean meat.
2. vt., To cut in long slices, to hack, as pig or fish for salting; to cut back, as a plant.
3. vt., To scramble, as eggs.
4. vi., To surf, as with canoe, board, or body; to skim, as a surfing canoe; to skip stones.
5. n., Sinker on a fish line for deep-sea fishing.
- References:
- For. 4:293.
6. vt., To fish with hook and line but no pole, as ulua.
7. Variant of pākākā #1.
8. vs., Wrinkled.
9. Same as hoka, to strain.
paka
1. vt., To remove the dregs, such as fibers, from herbs used for medicine; to strain.
2. vt., To criticize constructively, as chanting; to look for flaws in order to perfect; to teach, correct.
3. n., Raindrops, patter of rain, especially of big drops.
- Examples:
- ʻO ka ua paka kahi, paka lua, pakapaka ua, paka ua, kūlokuloku (chant for Kua-kini), the rain falling in single drops, in double drops, the many drops, raindrops, rain in streams.
- Hana ka uluna i ka paka o ka ua, work the pillow during the dropping of rain [i.e., might as well rest when it's raining].
- References:
- PCP pata.
4. Same as kākala, cartilage.
5. n., Kaʻū name for ʻōpakapaka, a fish.
6. n., Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum 🌐), a hairy annual herb from tropical America, which may grow nearly 2 m high, introduced to Hawaiʻi in about 1812. It was tried out unsuccessfully from 1908 to 1929 as a possible industry. Plants are now growing both wild and cultivated. Wild tobacco (Nicotiana glauca 🌐).
- References:
- Neal 751-752.
7. n., Butter (usually follows waiū).
- Source:
- English.
8. n., Curds.
- Source:
- English.
- References:
- Kin. 18.8, KJV.
9. n., Bugger.
- Source:
- English.
pakā
hamani ｜ transitive verbpāka
/ pāka /pākā
/ pā•kā /ʻaʻano, Lean, as meat.
- Source:
- Examples:
- Pākā loa. Extra lean.
pākā
/ pā•kā /hamani, To skin, as a pig or sheep.
- Source:
- Niʻihau.
- Examples:
- Pākā hapahā. To quarter, as an animal.
paka
/ PA-KA /1. v., To make war; to fight; to strike, as large drops of rain upon dry leaves, making a noise.
2. To cut; to pare; to peel off.
3. To fend off or turn aside, as the stern does a canoe to avoid a wave which threatens to fill it.
4. To shoot or slide a canoe or surf-board on a wave.
5. To prepare before hand for any business or any event.
paka
kikino ｜ noun / PA-KA /1. s., Any small round substance, as the head of a pin; a knot at the end of a rope.
2. The sharp projections on the sides of the tail of certain fish, as the kala, the palani and the manini.
3. A flat calabash, so called because large and flat.
4. A stone used by fishermen.
5. Paka is sometimes written for baka, tobacco.
paka
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / PA-KA /1. adj., Lean, as flesh; destitute of fat.
2. Ready; prepared; furnished.
3. Old; aged.
paka
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / PA-KA /adv., Clearly; plainly; intelligibly; evidently. SYN. with lea, pono and maopopo. Ua oki paka, haalele i na mea ino a pau.
paka
/ pā'-kā' /1. v., To cut at random; to cut in long slits.
2. v., To ride the surf with a canoe.
3. v., To turn, shoot or slide, as a surfboard or canoe.
paka
/ pā'-ka /v., To call; to proclaim; to herald.
paka
kikino ｜ noun / pā'-kā' /1. n., A round flat calabash.
2. n., Stone used by fishermen as a sinker.
paka
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / pā'-ka /adv., Clearly; plainly; intelligibly; evidently. Syn: Lea, pono, maopopo: Ua oki paka, haalele i na mea ino a pau.
paka
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / pa-kā' /1. adj., Lean, as flesh; destitute of fat.
2. adj., Old; aged.
paka
kikino ｜ noun / pă'-ka /1. n., The sharp projections on the sides of the tail of certain fish, as the kala, the palani and the manini.
2. n., Tobacco.
pakā
To strike with the palm of the hand; to spatter, as water; to dash in pieces, as plopping a melon on the ground.
paka
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), an annual herb from tropical America, introduced in Hawaiʻi about 1810. (NEAL 664.) To criticize constructively, as in chanting; to make war, fight; to strike, as large drops of rain upon dry leaves; clearly, intelligently.
paka
Raindrops. See pakapaka.
paka
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), a native of tropical America, the source of commercial tobacco. A large, sticky, hairy herb that grows to 6 feet. It has been in Hawaiʻi since 1812, where it has been tried in plantings in Kona and elsewhere but without success. Plants are both wild and grown as ornamentals. (NEAL 752.)
paka
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). (NEAL 752.) See Plants: Uses.
paka
The pattering of raindrops is paka or lokuloku; their gentle dripping would be called nākulu- kulu.
paka
Stone used as a sinker on a fishing line in deep waters; to fish with a hook and line not using a pole, as with ulua.
pākā
To slide a surfboard or canoe on a wave.
pākā
To skip stones. Also called pākiki, pihipihi.
paka
tobacco; rain drops: to listen and correct pupils’ errors; to park.
Pa-ka
adv. clearly, intelligibly, plainly, evidently, syn. with lea, pono, maopopo, &C.
Pa-ka
adj. lean, destitute of fat.
Pa-ka
s. a species of fish.
Pa-ka
v. to make war, to fight, to cut.
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