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ʻōlohe

/ ʻō.lohe / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Bare, naked, barren; hairless, as a dog; bald; destitute, needy.

  • Examples:
    • Ka lua ʻōlohe o ke ālialia, the barren pit of the salt marsh.
  • Related:
    • hoʻōlohe Caus/sim.

2. nvs., Skilled, especially in lua fighting, so called perhaps because the beards of lua fighters were plucked and their bodies greased; bones of hairless men were desired for fish hooks because such men were thought stronger; also said of hula experts; skilled fighter.

  • References:
    • Kel. 115.

3. vs., Pale.

  • Examples:
    • ʻŌlohe nā maka (Ier. 30.6), pale faces [in a later edition of the Bible this was changed to nananakea].

4. vs., Sick, as after childbirth.

5. n., Ghost; image, as in clouds.

6. n., A small salt-water ʻoʻopu, a fish, found with the ʻōhune.

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O-LO-HE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To turn pale in the face from fear or pain. Ier. 30:6.

O-LO-HE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The epithet of a man that is a robber and skillful at the lua.

2. Ke akua o Kamaomao.

3. Skillful, as one able to direct or over-see the work of others; applied morally also to universal skill.

O-LO-HE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Rigid; immovable with fear; he kanaka olohe uwi paa i ka makau ia.

2. Sick, as a woman in child birth; he mai olohe keiki ia no na wahine.

3. Bare; destitute of verdure; ka lua olohe o ke alialia, he lua olohelohe.

4. Bare; free from hair on the body, chin, eyebrows, &c.

Olohe (o-lō'-he), adj.

/ o-lō'-he / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Rigid; immovable with fear; he kanaka olohe uwi paa i ka makau ia.

2. Sick, as a woman in child birth: he mai olohe keiki ia no na wahine.

3. Bare; destitute of verdure: ka lua olohe o ke alialia, he lua olohelohe.

4. Bare; free from hair on the body, chin, eyebrows, etc.

5. Skillful, as one able to direct or oversee the work of others.

olohe

/ o-lō'-he / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A robber who is skillful at the lua, or breaking of bones.

2. n., A skillful person; an expert.

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Olohe (o-lō'-he), v.

/ o-lō'-he / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To turn pale in the face from fear or pain.

2. To be bald; to be naked, or destitute or natural covering.

ʻōlohe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sick, as a woman in childbirth.

ʻōlohe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hula expert. See Occupations

ōlohe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Man who is a robber and yet skillful at the lua, art of bone breaking in fighting. (A.) Hula expert.

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