hailawe

a word from vocabulary Hawaiian by ʻŌiwi Parker Jones  
Word form hailawe
LWT meaning(s)
Grammatical info transitive verb
Comments on word Pukui & Elbert (1986) described this word as “Rare”, though it is fairly common today.
Word source Pukui & Elbert 1986
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss hai-lawe [offer-take]
Age Pukui & Elbert 1986 [30] (1550–1986)
Relative frequency 2. Fairly common