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| ʻeleʻele 1.nvs.black, dark, the black color of Hawaiian eyes.PPN kelekele. 2.n.variety oftapa said to have originated atKaumakani, Maui; it was dyed with candlenut,pāʻihi, and black mud. 3.n.long, filamentous, green, edible seaweeds (Enteromorpha prolifera). Some kinds are among the most popular in Hawaiʻi, being eaten raw as condiments at feasts. Calledpīpīlani onMaui. 4.n.a cooking banana (a form ofMusa xparadisiaca), valued for shiny black skin of trunk, used for designs worked into pandanus mats and hats. 5.same ashinupuaʻa andnaioea, varieties oftaro. 6.a variety of sugar cane. 7.n.a variety of sweet potato. 8.placename.village, ditch, small-boat harbor, landing, and elementary school,Kōloa district,Kauaʻi; Port Allen was calledʻEleʻele Landing until 1909 when it was renamed in honor of aHonolulu merchant, Samuel Cresson Allen (Stroup 35). Land section,Wailuku qd., WestMaui.lit.: black. |
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| 1. | ʻAʻaikaleihulumelemeleikaholokūʻeleʻele. | A yellow feather lei appears brighter on a black Mother Hubbard. | ʻaʻai₂ |
| 2. | ʻeleʻeleHiloē,hoʻopanopanoikaua. | Hilo is black, darkened in the rain. | panopano |
| 3. | ʻeleʻeleHiloē,hoʻopanopanoikaua. | Hilo is black, darkened in the rain. | hoʻopanopano |
| 4. | ʻeleʻelekalanihuluhuluweo. | The sky is dark and bristles and glows. | huluhulu weo |
| 5. | Hikiikekameleonakeʻoʻolopūikonakohuʻana,ihinahina,iʻōmaʻomaʻo,iʻeleʻele. | The chameleon can change his appearance to gray, green, black. | kohu₁ |
| 6. | Kaʻiwahemanunuiia,heʻeleʻelekonahulu,hemaʻohakahihulu. | The ʻiwa is a big bird, its feathers are black, some are gray. | maʻoha |
| 7. | keʻaʻakineikapōʻeleʻele | all-engulfing utter blackness of night | ʻaʻaki |
| 8. | kuminoʻeleʻele | dill | kumino |
| 9. | Nāaoʻeleʻele,malunaaʻeonāaopolohiwaimauaouli,amenāpūnohuhunaone,imauaoua. | Black clouds above the solid black clouds to dark clouds, and small sandlike rising clouds to rain clouds. | pūnohu₁ |
| 10. | Nāaoʻeleʻele,malunaaʻeonāaopolohiwaimauaouli,amenāpūnohuhunaone,imauaoua. | Black clouds above the solid black clouds to dark clouds, and small sandlike rising clouds to rain clouds. | ao₂ |
| 11. | nananaheseʻeleʻele. | black widow, a kind of spider. | hese |
| 12. | nanananaheseʻeleʻele. | black widow, a kind of spider. | hese |
| 13. | ʻokānehānauikeauaupōʻeleʻele | man born in the age of darkness | auau₁ |
| 14. | PōnihoʻinokalaeoPipa,ahuwalekaʻinauli,kaʻinaʻeleʻele. | Pipa point is bristling with sea urchin [or is greatly exposed], plainly seen is the dark sea urchin, the black sea urchin. | pōniho |
| 15. | Puaʻimaikaʻulamailokomaiokaʻeleʻele. | The red shows through the black. | puaʻi |
| 16. | Pukikīʻeleʻele | dark-skinned Portuguese | Pukikī₁ |
| 17. | puʻuwaiʻeleʻele | scoundrel, rogue; black-hearted | puʻuwai₁ |
| 18. | Uaʻēkoʻakaʻeleʻelemekekeʻokeʻo. | Black is the opposite of white. | ʻēkoʻa |