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aka 1. n. shadow. cf. hoaka₄. [(AN) PPn *ʻata, shadow (not shade), reflection, image, likeness] 2. nvi. • reflection, • image, likeness (Nah. 12.8) ; • faint glimmer preceding the rising of the moon; to appear, of moonlight. • essence of an offering rather than the flesh; Many words compounded with aka express clarity, brightness, related to this meaning. [PPn *ata, dawn] 3. n. embryo at the moment of conception. 4. n. newly hatched fish in the stage in which its body is still transparent. 5. n. knuckles, as of hands or ankles; joints of the backbone; node and stalk of kava; kava slip for planting. 6. vs. shadowed, as on computer or in typesetting. |
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| 1. | aka lehulehu | shadow of the multitude; fig., a well-worn path | aka₁ |
| 2. | ʻĀkuli ke aka o ka lāʻau i ka wai. | The reflection of trees is cast on the water. | ʻākuli |
| 3. | ʻālikelike aka | reflection symmetry | ʻālikelike |
| 4. | E like me ke kekeʻe o ka lālā lāʻau, pēlā nō ke kekeʻe o kona aka. | Like the crookedness of the tree branch, so the crookedness of its shadow [like father, like son]. | kekeʻe₁ |
| 5. | haʻaheo aka me ka hanohano | maestoso (musical term used by Henry Berger) | haʻaheo |
| 6. | Hilo, he puahilohilo ke ʻano, no ka mea ʻaʻole i aka loa aʻe kona nui, akā ua mōʻali maʻawe keʻokeʻo iki wale nō. | The lunar night of Hilo, the nature of the moon is a narrow sliver, because its full size has not been made clear, but is just a small white fibrous strand. | puahilohilo |
| 7. | ili i ke aka | to cast a shadow | aka₁ |
| 8. | ili ke aka | to cast a shadow | ili₁ |
| 9. | kinona aka like o kekahi ʻaoʻao | reflection image | kinona like |
| 10. | ʻO ka malila mōhai a Kaululani, nona ke aka ka hihiʻo i ka pō nei. | The ghostly offering of Kaululani, to him belonged the shadow, the fleeting dream of last night. | malila₁ |
| 11. | O ka maliʻo o ke aka, ʻo aka lei maliʻo. | The dawn light in the shadows, shadows thrown off by the dawning. | maliʻo₁ |
| 12. | O ka maliʻo o ke aka, ʻo aka lei maliʻo. | The dawn light in the shadows, shadows thrown off by the dawning. | maliʻo₁ |
| 13. | ʻO ke aka kā ʻoukou, ē ke akua, ʻo ka ʻiʻo kā mākou. | Yours is the essence, O god, ours the material part. | aka₂ |
| 14. | ʻO ke kahu ʻanāʻanā aka mai ma ke kala ʻana i ka ʻanāʻanā ʻia mai e kekahi. | The master of black magic skillful in countering the sorcery being directed at him by another. | ʻanāʻanā |
| 15. | ʻŌlelo i ke aka ka hele hoʻokahi. | One going alone talks to the shadow. | aka₁ |