1. nvs. height, tallness, Highness; high, tall, lofty, exalted, majestic, superior, prominent; altitude. In 1845 the legislature conferred the title Mea Kiʻekiʻe upon the premier, probably best translated His Excellency.
2. vs. height. abb. kiʻe. also ana kiʻekiʻe. see hohonu, kiʻekiʻena, lele kiʻekiʻe, woela kiʻekiʻe.
3. placename. land division and ranch headquarters, Niʻihau. lit.: lofty. |
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| Ch.3 p.19 para.7 sent.2 | A no kēia kumu, hoʻolilo loa aʻela ʻo ʻAiwohikupua i ua wahi kanaka nei i poʻo kiʻekiʻe ma luna o nā mea a pau, ʻo ko ke aliʻi mau ʻāina a pau a me nā kānaka a pau loa, nā aliʻi a me nā makaʻāinana, ma kona ʻano kuhina nui. | Therefore Aiwohikupua exalted this man to be head over all things, over all the chief's land, over all the men, chiefs, and common people, as his chief counsellor. |
| Ch.16 p.84 para.6 sent.2 | I ia lele ʻana a kiʻekiʻe lāua nei, i ʻalawa aʻe ka hana, aia ma luna pono o lāua ke a luna e poʻi iho ana iā lāua nei, a no ko lāua nei māmā loa o ka lele ʻana ma ko lāua ʻano kino manu, ua pakele lāua. | They flew high and looked about. There right above them was the upper jaw shutting down upon them, and only by quickness of flight in their bird bodies did they escape. |
| Ch.17 p.85 para.3 sent.3 | Inā e piʻi ka ʻohu a kū pololei i luna a kiʻekiʻe loa, inā e hina ka ʻohu ma ka lulu, a laila, ua hālāwai wau me Kihanuilūlūmoku, manaʻo aʻe ʻoukou ua hoʻāikāne māua. | When the clouds rise straight up, if they turn leeward then I have met Kihanuilulumoku and you will know that we have made friends. |
| Ch.18 p.90 para.4 sent.1 | Ma ka lā ʻo Kulu ma ke kakahiaka i ka puka ʻana aʻe o ka lā a kiʻekiʻe iki aʻe, ʻike akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua mā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hau e uhi ma luna o ka piko o nā mauna a hiki i kahi o lāua e hoʻāo ai. | On the seventeenth day, the day of Kulu, in the early morning, a little later than sunrise, Aiwohikupua and his party saw the, snow begin to hide the summits of the mountain clear to the place of meeting. |
| Ch.20 p.102 para.1 sent.6 | Ma ke kiʻekiʻe iki ʻana aʻe o ka lā, aia e piʻo ana ke ānuenue i kai o Keaʻau. | a little later in the day the rainbow was at the seacoast of Keaau; |
| Ch.27 p.146 para.3 sent.4 | Mai ia wanaʻao a kiʻekiʻe ka lā, loaʻa ʻo ia i ka wela o ka lā, manaʻo aʻela ʻo ia, ʻo ka hana kēia a kona kaikunāne. | from dawn until the sun was high she was in the heat of the sun, she thought this was her brother's doing. |
| Ch.29 p.158 para.4 sent.2 | I ia manawa e moe ai nā mea kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina nei i mua ona, a e kāʻili ʻia aku ka hanohano maiā ʻoe aku. | then the high ones of earth shall lie down before him and your pride shall be taken from you. |
| Ch.32 p.173 para.1 sent.1 | A lilo aʻela ʻo Kekalukaluokēwā i poʻo kiʻekiʻe ma ke aupuni, a laila, hoʻouna akula ʻo Kaʻōnohiokalā iā Kekalukaluokēwā e hele e kaʻapuni ma nā mokupuni a pau e lawelawe i kāna ʻoihana mōʻī, a hoʻonoho ihola iā Lāʻielohelohe ma ko Kekalukaluokēwā wahi ma ke ʻano hope mōʻī. | When Kekalukaluokewa became head over the group, then Kaonohiokala sent him to make a tour of the islands and perform the functions of a ruler, and he put Laielohelohe in Kekalukaluokewa's place as his substitute. |
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