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akamai

American  
[ah-kah-mahy] / ɑ kɑˈmaɪ /

adjective

  1. (Hawaiian) clever; smart; intelligent.


Example Sentences

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Ma na waa ukali o ke Alii, he umi kaulua e hoopuni ana i ko ke Alii waa, a maluna o na waa ukali o ke Alii, he poe akamai i ke kaeke.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Page 123 He keiki akamai ko ia pali; Elima no pua i ka lima.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright

Lalilali ole ka ili o ke akamai; Kahilihili ke kai a ka he'e-nalu. 25Ike'a ka nalu nui o Puna, o Hilo.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright

I alawa hou aku o Laieikawai, e kau mai ana o Halaaniani ma ka pea o ka nalu, ma kona akamai nui.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Ia manawa, haawi mai la o Laieikawai i ka lei lehua, hoolei iho la ma ka a-i o Hauailiki, e like me kana hana mau i ka poe akamai i ka heenalu.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

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