lae
1. n. forehead, brow.
2. s. Any projecting substance, as a prominent forehead. 1 Sam. 17:49.
3. n. cape, headland, point, promontory.
4. A brow of a hill; a cape or headland. In geography, a cape or promontory. A calm; a calm place in the sea, as under a bluff, cape or headland.
5. n. wisdom; mental or emotional qualities. cf. idioms at pohā₁ (to burst, crack...), poʻohū₁ (wound, swelling...)...
6. n. an insulting term, followed by qualifiers, referring to kauā, outcasts, who had dots tattooed on their foreheads.
7. placename. street, Pauoa, Honolulu. lit.: land point or forehead.
8. placename. cape, point. Some names are written either with or without Lae-, as LaeoKīlauea and Kīlauea, and with or without the article ka-, as Lāʻau and Kalaeokalāʻau.
9. v. To be light; to be clear, as day; to be shining, as a light. see laelae and kindred with lai. |
| 97 | A ka lae o Kalaʻau, pau ka pono o Kakina. | After Kalaʻau Point is passed, the virtues taught by Thurston end. |
| | [So sang a girl after leaving Thurston’s missionary school. After sailing past Molokaʻi on her way home to Honolulu, she resolved to forget his teachings and have her fling. Used today to refer to anything that will not work or cannot be used.] |
| 234 | ʻAu ana ka Lae o Maunauna i ka ʻino. | Point Maunauna swims in the storm. |
| | [Said of a courageous person who withstands the storm of life. Point Maunauna (Battered) is at Waimea, Oʻahu, where high seas are common.] |
| 377 | E puʻu auaneʻi ka lae i ka ua o Kawaupuʻu, i ka hoʻopaʻa a ka hōʻakamai. | The forehead is likely to be lumped by the rain of Kawaupuu if one insists on being a smarty. |
| | [A warning not to get cocky or smart lest one be hurt. A play on puʻu (lump).] |
| 529 | He ʻalamihi no ka lae ʻiliʻili. | A mud crab on a rocky point. |
| | [Just a noisemaker.] |
| 677 | He kau auaneʻi i ka lae ʻaʻā. | Watch out lest the canoe land on a rocky reef. |
| | [Watch out for trouble.] |
| 939 | He puʻu pale ia lae na ka hoʻokele. | The cape is just something to be passed by the canoeman. |
| | [A boast — difficulties are mere trifles to an expert.] |
| 1057 | Honolua kōhi lae. | Honolua of the weighted hrow. |
| | [Said of the fishermen of Honolua, Maui, who never raised their heads lest they be expected to share their catch of fish.] |
| 1088 | Hoʻokuʻi a kole ka lae. | Bumped and made a raw sore on the brow. |
| | [Said of one who is really in trouble.] |
| 1135 | Huki kū i luna ka lae o Kalaʻau. | The point of Kalaʻau holds itself high. |
| | [Said of an uncooperative person who wants his own way or of an egotistic, self-centered person. A Molokaʻi expression.] |
| 1318 | Kahu i ka lae o ka manō, he ʻale ka wahie. | Kindle a fire on the forehead of a shark with waves for fuel. |
| | [Said when food in the imu is not cooked because of a lack of firewood. A criticism of the hosts’ half-cooked food.] |
| 2119 | Mālama o kole ka lae. | Watch out lest the forehead be skinned. |
| | [Pay heed what you do lest you get hurt.] |
| 2671 | Pohā ka lae o ke kolohe. | Slapped was the brow of the mischief maker. |
| | [The rascal got his just deserts.] |
| 2690 | Poʻohū ka lae i ka ʻalā. | The forehead is swollen by the smooth waterworn stone. |
| | [The price is so high that it feels like a lump on the forehead. ʻAlā is often used to refer to money.] |
| 2691 | Poʻohū ka lae kahi i ka pōhue. | When the forehead lumps, rub it with a gourd. |
| | [Find the remedy for the problem.] |
| 2764 | Puʻu auaneʻi ka lae i ka ua o Kawaupuʻu. | The forehead may he given a lump hy the rain of Kawaupuu. |
| | [One is likely to get into trouble.] |