MoaniWe all learn the word “kahakō” meaning “macron,” the bar over the long vowel (as in its own final letter). But it also means “steep, sheer” as in this ʻŌlelo Nōʻeau:
“1527 Ka pali kahakō lele a koa‘e.
Sheer cliff reached only by the tropic bird.
A tall, inaccessible cliff.”
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