Definition of "mele" [mele]

• A Middle English form of meal. (noun)
• A Middle English form of meal. (noun)
• Discourse; conversation. (noun)
• To speak; talk.
• To chatter; twitter, as birds.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The author of the mele was a Hawaiian named John Meha, who died some years ago."
• "-- The composer of the music and the author of the mele was a Hawaiian named John Meha, of the Hawaiian Band, who died some ten years ago, at the age of 40 years."
• "Some parts of this mele, which is a love-song, have defied the author's most strenuous efforts to penetrate their deeper meaning."