1. nvi.
• double canoe,
• pair, span, yoke,
• two of a kind;
• to put together or pair, to yoke or harness together,
• to double in quantity;
• coupled.
• fig., two-natured.
2. n. double, in math.
3. n. name of a month. See Kep. 89.
4. n. one of the many names for the star Sirius; according to some reports, a constellation. The name may be qualified by the terms koko (said to be Betelgeuse), Lena (Sirius), Mōhaʻi (or Haʻi Mōhaʻi), Okaoka. |
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| Ch.4 p.24 para.1 sent.1 | A i ka wanaʻao, i ka puka ʻana o ka Hōkūhoʻokelewaʻa, kau akula ke aliʻi a me kona kuhina, nā hoe waʻa he ʻumikumamāono, nā hoʻokele ʻelua, he iwakālua ko lākou nui ma luna o nā kaulua, a holo akula. | And in the early morning at the rising of the canoe-steering star the chief went on board with his counsellor and his sixteen paddlers and two steersmen, twenty of them altogether in the double canoe, and set sail. |
| Ch.6 p.34 para.4 sent.3 | A i ka mao ʻana aʻe, ʻike akula nā mea a pau i kēia kaulua e holo mai ana a pae i ke awa me ka pūloʻuloʻu aliʻi i luna o nā waʻa, a laila, maopopo aʻela ka wānana a ka makāula. | and as soon as it was quiet all saw the double canoe coming to land carrying above it the taboo sign of a chief. Then the seer's prediction was fulfilled. |
| Ch.15 p.77 para.5 sent.1 | Wae aʻela ke kuhina i nā waʻa kūpono ke holo, he iwakālua kaulua, ʻelua kanahā kaukahi, no nā kaukaualiʻi a me nā pūʻali o ke aliʻi kēia mau waʻa, a he kanahā peleleu, he mau waʻa ʻāʻīpuʻupuʻu no ke aliʻi ia, a ʻo ke aliʻi hoʻi a me kona kuhina, ma luna lāua o nā pūkolu. | The counsellor chose the proper canoes for the trip, twenty double canoes, and twice forty single canoes, these for the chiefs and the bodyguard, and forty provision canoes for the chief's supplies; and as for the chief himself and his counsellor, they were on board of a triple canoe. |
| Ch.18 p.89 para.2 sent.2 | I na la i o Kaloakūkahi, haʻalele ʻo ʻAiwohikupua ia Kauaʻi, holo aku ʻo ia he kanahā kaulua, ʻelua kanahā kaukahi, he iwakalua peleleu. | On the twenty-fourth day of the month Aiwohikupua left Kauai, sailed with 40 double canoes, twice 40 single canoes, and 20 provision boats. |
| Ch.18 p.90 para.3 sent.1 | Ma nā waʻa ukali o ke aliʻi, he ʻumi kaulua e hoʻopuni ana i ko ke aliʻi waʻa, a ma luna o nā waʻa ukali o ke aliʻi, he poʻe akamai i ke kāʻeke. | Following the chief and surrounding his canoe came ten double canoes filled with expert dancers. |
| Ch.18 p.91 para.8 sent.8 | Kuhikuhi kēlā i nā kaulua. | he pointed to his double canoe. |
| Ch.22 p.115 para.4 sent.7 | A no kēia mea, hāʻawi aʻela ʻo Kekalukaluokēwā hoʻokahi kaulua, me nā kānaka pū nō a me nā lako a pau. | [And for this thing, Kekalukaluokewa gave her a double canoe, with men and all the supplies.] |
| Ch.25 p.133 para.9 sent.6 | I ia manawa, ʻimi aʻela ka makāula i waʻa a loaʻa iā ia he kaulua, me nā kānaka pū nō hoʻi. | Then the seer sought a canoe and found a double canoe with men to man it. |
| Ch.26 p.138 para.4 sent.2 | I ia manawa hoʻi e hoʻokolokolo ʻia ana nā luna o ke aliʻi, hiki maila ua makāula nei me kāna mau kaikamāhine ma luna o ke kaulua, a lana ma waho o ka nuku o ka muliwai. | While the chief's keepers were being examined, the seer arrived with his daughters in a double canoe and floated outside the mouth of the inlet. |
| Ch.27 p.143 para.4 sent.1 | I ia manawa, hāpai maila ʻo Kihanuilūlūmoku i kona huelo mai loko aʻe o ka moana, piʻi ke kai i luna, me he poʻi ʻana a ka nalu i ke kumu pali, me he ʻakūkū nalu lā i poʻi i loko o ka malama ʻo Kaulua, piʻi ke ehu o ke kai i luna, pouli ka lā, kū ka punakea i uka. | Then Kihanuilulumoku lifted his tail out of the water, the sea swelled, the waves overwhelmed the cliffs from their foundations as high waves sweep the coast in February; the spume of the sea rose high, the sun was darkened, white sand was flung on the shore. |
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