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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

koaʻe

koaʻe
1. adj. White; of a whitish color; bright.
2. s. The name of a species of white bird which is found about precipices.
3. n. the tropic or boatswain bird, particularly the white-tailed tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus dorotheae), which inhabits cliffs of the high islands. The red-tailed tropic bird (P. rubricauda rothschildi) is koaʻe ʻula; the white is koaʻe kea.
4. n. a variety of banana.
5. a taro; varieties are qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, ʻulaʻula.
6. a snapper, probably Etelis carbunculus, an important commercial fish also known as onaga (Japanese).
7. a variety of sweet potato.
8. placename. village and land section, Makuʻu qd., Hawaiʻi, perhaps named for Punaʻaikoaʻe (Puna, ruled by tropicbird), a supernatural being with a tropicbird form who once lived near here at Pūʻula; he is seen today flying over Kīlauea Crater. see Kīkī. Cone, Kīlauea qd., Hawaiʻi. Street, Waiʻalae-Kāhala, Honolulu. lit.: tropicbird.

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696He koaʻe, manu o ka pali kahakō.It is the koaʻe, bird of the sheer cliffs.
 [An expression of admiration for an outstanding person. The koaʻe build their nests on cliffs.]
879He pali lele a koaʻe.A cliff reached only by tropic birds.
 [Said of a high chief or of a hill too steep to climb.]
1527Ka pali kahakō lele a koaʻe.Sheer cliff reached only by the tropic bird.
 [A tall, inaccessible cliff.]
1749Ke koaʻe iho ia, he manu lele no ka pali kahakō.That is the tropic hird, one that flies at the sheer cliffs.
 [Said of a person who is hard to catch.]
1750Ke koaʻe lele kaha i ka pali o Līloa.The tropic bird that soars to the cliff of Līloa.
 [Said of a chief of high rank.]
1809Koaʻe ka manu pili pōhaku.The koaʻe, a bird that clings to rocks.
 [A rude expression referring to a landless person who, like the koaʻe among the rocks on the cliff, just hangs on to his small footing.]
1983Lele koaʻe.Tropic bird flying.
 [A term of reproach applied to the kauā — flyers into space without a foothold.]
2325Noho ke koaʻe i ka lua.The tropic bird remains in the hole.
 [Said of one who does not express his opinion.]
2498ʻŌlelo ke kupa o ka ʻāina ua mālie; ua au koaʻe.The natives of the land declare that the weather is calm when the tropic bird travels afar.
2825Ua mālie, ke au nei koaʻe.The weather is clear, the koaʻe are leisurely flying.

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