He Aniani — Combined Hawaiian Dictionary Mirror

updated: 7/15/2019

Concordance - Lāʻieikawai

lele

1. nvi.
• to fly, jump, leap, hop, skip, swing, bounce, burst forth;
• to sail through the air, as a meteor;
• to rush out, as to attack;
• to get out of, as from a car;
• to dismount, as from a horse;
• to land, disembark, as from a canoe;
• to undertake;
• to move, as stars in the sky;
• to move, as in checkers;
• a jump, leap, attack.
(For lele with emotional words, see ex., hauli, kūpilikiʻi; also cf. haʻalele.)

2. vs. contagious, as of disease.
3. vi. wind-blown, of the rain.
4. vs. separate, detached, as a leaf separated from a plant for ceremonials.
5. n. a detached part or lot of land belonging to one ʻili, but located in another ʻili.
6. nvi. hula step: the dancer walks forward, lifting up the rear heel with each step, with slight inward movement; sometimes with the ʻuwehe step with each foot forward. This can also be done backwards; to dance thus.
7. n. an interval of music, the difference in pitch between two tones, always followed by a number from one to six, especially lele kolu, an interval of a third, as from C to E, or lele lima, an interval of a fifth. Minor intervals are followed by hapa, as lele kolu hapa, an interval of a minor third. Lele may also be followed by pā- and a number, to skip that number of notes. Lele in this sense also occurs as a verb, to sing thus.
8. vi.
• to dry up,
• to have passed the menopause;
• to evaporate.
9. vi. to shrink, as clothes.
10. n. sacrificial altar or stand.
11. n. a tall variety of wild banana (Musa xparadisiaca), formerly planted near the altar (lele). It was offered to the gods and used for love magic. Its essence was thought to fly (lele) to the gods. It was used (for weaning (cf. lele₈): the banana was placed near the child with appropriate prayers in order to obtain the god's consent for weaning. This banana was taboo to women.
12. n. type of fish (no data).
13. vt. followed by hapa- + digit). To count by — (digit). see below.
14. vi. to log off, log out, as of a network or other computer system. see kī lele.
15. placename. land division near Hāʻupu, Kauaʻi, probably named for an event similar to that which resulted in the Oʻahu name Kohelepelepe. Old name for the Lahaina district, Maui, so called because of the short stay of chiefs there (Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 1857). see Maluʻulu-o-Lele. lit.: altar or flight.

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Ch.3 p.15 para.5 sent.2	I ia manawa, pūʻiwa koke aʻela ʻo ia me ka lele o kona ʻōʻili me ka maikaʻi ʻole o kona noʻonoʻo ʻana, akā, ua kali lōʻihi nō ʻo ia me ka hoʻomanawanui a maopopo leʻa ka hana a kēlā wahi ʻōnohi.	he grew excited, his pulse beat quickly, but he waited long and patiently to see what the rainbow was doing.
Ch.4 p.24 para.6 sent.3	Kainoa hoʻi he wehe ko ke kapa, lele iho hoʻi he wai, hoʻokahi hoʻi ka ʻauʻau ʻana o kākou, hoʻi aku he hale a moe, he ʻai nō, he iʻa nō hoʻi a he wahi moe nō hoʻi.	Why not throw off your garment, jump in, and join us, then go to the house and sleep? There is fish and a place to sleep.
Ch.5 p.32 para.2 sent.1	A no kēia mea, kēnā koke aʻela ʻo ʻAiwohikupua e hekau nā waʻa, a lele akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua, ʻo kona kuhina aku me nā hoʻokele ʻelua, piʻi akula lākou nei a hiki i ka ʻaha mokomoko.	So Aiwohikupua instantly gave orders to anchor the canoe, and Aiwohikupua landed with his counsellor and the two steersmen, and they went up to the boxing match:
Ch.10 p.56 para.2 sent.1	A nō ka paʻakikī loa o ʻAiwohikupua ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu i kona kaikuahine, i ia manawa, lele akula ʻo Kahalaomāpuana mai luna aku o ka waʻa a hāʻule i loko o ke kai.	And because of Aiwohikupua's stubbornness in refusing to let his sister go, then Kahalaomapuana jumped from the canoe into the sea.
Ch.13 p.67 para.1 sent.1	Ma hope iho o ko Kahalaomāpuana lele ʻana i loko o ke kai mai luna iho o nā waʻa, e holo ikaika loa ana nā waʻa i ia manawa, no laila, ua hala hope loa ʻo Kahalaomāpuana.	At the time when Kahalaomapuana leaped from the canoe into the sea it was going very swiftly, so she fell far behind.
Ch.13 p.70 para.3 sent.1	A pau ko Hauaʻiliki mau minuke hoʻokahakaha, lele akula ua ʻo Hauaʻiliki me kona papa heʻe nalu i ke kai a ʻau akula a kūlana nalu.	When Hauailiki had showed himself off for some minutes, Hauailiki leaped with his surf board into the sea and swam out into the breakers.
Ch.16 p.84 para.6 sent.1	Maopopo ihola iā lāua ʻo ua moʻo nei kēia, e lele aʻe ana lāua ma ko lāua kino manu.	They knew then this must be the lizard; they flew in their bird bodies.
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.1 sent.1	I kēlā wā, lele kaʻawale loa akula lāua a hala loa i luna lilo.	As they flew far upward and were lost to sight on high,
Ch.17 p.88 para.8 sent.2	A laila, hoʻomaopopo akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua, “Pehea kā ʻolua lele ʻana aku nei?”	then Aiwohikupua asked to make sure, "How did you two fly?"
Ch.17 p.88 para.9 sent.1	Haʻi aku lāua, “Lele aku nei māua a loaʻa he mokuʻāina.	Said they, "We flew past an island,
Ch.17 p.88 para.9 sent.2	Lele hou aku nō a he wahi mokuʻāina lōʻihi, ma laila aku māua, a he mokuʻāina nui e like ka moku i loaʻa mua iā māua.	flew on to some long islands — a large island like the one we first passed,
Ch.17 p.88 para.9 sent.4	Lele akula māua ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ua moku lā.	we flew along the east coast of that island
Ch.21 p.107 para.4 sent.4	A pau, lele aku nei nō ua manu nei nana ka pūnana a nalowale.	when it was completed the bird whose the nest was flew away out of sight.
Ch.21 p.107 para.4 sent.5	A ma hope, he manu ʻokoʻa ka manu nana i lele mai a hoʻomoe i ua pūnana nei.	And by-and-by another bird flew hither and sat upon the nest,
Ch.21 p.107 para.4 sent.6	ʻAʻole naʻe wau i ʻike i ka lele ʻana aku ʻo ka manu hope nana i hoʻomoe ua pūnana nei, a puoho wale aʻela wau.	[However I didn't see the last bird fly away who sat on the nest, and then I awoke.]
Ch.26 p.137 para.8 sent.2	I ia manawa, kauoha aʻela ke aliʻi i nā luna o ka heiau, a kau aku i ka makāula ma ka lele i mua o ke kuahu.	Then the chief commanded the head man of the temple to ... lay the prophet on the place of sacrifice before the altar.
Ch.26 p.138 para.1 sent.2	A kokoke i ka hola e kau ʻia ai ke kanaka ma ka lele, ʻākoakoa aʻe nā mea a pau a me ke aliʻi pū.	And close to the hour when the man was to be laid upon the altar all the people assembled and the chief with them;
Ch.26 p.138 para.1 sent.3	A hiki ke aliʻi i luna o ka ʻanuʻu, lawe ʻia maila ua pū maiʻa i wahī ʻia a kūpono ma lalo o ka lele.	and the chief went up on the high place, the banana plant was brought and laid directly under the altar.
Ch.26 p.138 para.2 sent.1	ʻĪ aku ke aliʻi i kona mau luna, “E wehe i ke kapa o ke kupapaʻu, a kau aku i luna o ka lele i hoʻomākaukau ʻia nona.”	Said the chief to his head men, "Unwrap the tapa from the body and place it upon the altar prepared for it."
Ch.26 p.138 para.5 sent.3	I ia wā, kuʻi ka hekili, hiolo ka heiau, haʻihaʻi ka lele.	then the thunder cracked, the temple fell, the altar crumbled.
Ch.27 p.141 para.5 sent.1	He mea weliweli iā Mokukelekahiki ka ʻike ʻana i ua moʻo nei, lele akula ʻo ia a hiki i luna o Nuʻumealani.	A terrible sight to Mokukelekahiki to see that lizard; he flew away up to Nuumealani, [the Raised Place in the Heavens;]
Ch.27 p.143 para.1 sent.2	I ia manawa, lele akula ʻo Kāʻeloikamalama me Mokukelekahiki mai luna mai o Nuʻumealani, he ʻāina aia i ka lewa.	Then Kaeloikamalama flew down with Mokukelekahiki from the heights of Nuumealani, the land in the air.
Ch.27 p.143 para.2 sent.2	I ia manawa, ʻōlelo akula ʻo Kihanuilūlūmoku (ka moʻo) iā Kahalaomāpuana, “I hiki mai auaneʻi kēia mau kānaka e lele mai nei i o kāua nei, a laila, e luaʻi aku wau iā ʻoe, a kau ma ka āʻī o Kāʻeloikamalama.	then said Kihanuilulumoku to Kahalaomapuana, "When those men get here who are flying toward us, then I will throw you out and land you on Kaeloikamalama's neck,
Ch.28 p.149 para.6 sent.3	Mai hōʻike ʻoe, aia a lele kēlā i loko o ke kiʻowai a i luʻu i lalo o ka wai, a laila, holo aku ʻoe a lawe mai i ka pāʻū a me ke kapa ona i haumia i kona maʻi.	do not show yourself, and when she jumps into the pool and dives under the water, then run and bring hither her skirt and her polluted clothes;
Ch.28 p.151 para.2 sent.2	Iā ia i hiki aku ai, peʻe ihola ma kahi kokoke i ke kiʻowai, ʻaʻole i ʻupuʻupu iho, hiki ana ka makuahine, a wehe i ke kapa i hoʻohaumia ʻia, a lele akula i loko o ka wai.	When she arrived, she hid close to the water hole; not long after, the mother came, took off her polluted clothes and sprang into the water.
Ch.28 p.152 para.6 sent.2	Ma ia wā, kau akula ʻo Laukieleʻula me Kahalaomāpuana i luna o ka ʻēheu o ua manu nei, ʻo ka lele akula nō ia a hiki iā Awakea, ka mea nāna e wehe ke pani o ka lā, kahi i noho ai ʻo Kaʻōnohiokalā.	then Laukieleula and Kahalaomapuana rested upon the bird's wings and it flew and came to Awakea, the Noonday, the one who opens the door of the sun where Kaonohiokala lived.
Ch.31 p.168 para.3 sent.3	Hoʻokahi paha minuke e lele aku ai ke kuko mai ona aku, a laila, pili maila nō.	for perhaps a minute the lust flew from him, then it clung to him once more.
Ch.33 p.180 para.2 sent.2	I ka lele aʻe a ke ehu kai o Hanualele,	As flies the sea spray of Hanualele,

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