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ʻōwili

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

1. nvt., Roll, bolt, as of cloth or paper; scroll of binder, as of a sewing machine; skein, coil; to roll up, twist, coil, wave; to fold, as the arms.

  • Examples:
    • ʻŌwili palapala (Ier. 36.2), scroll.
    • Ke oho ʻōwili (Isa. 3.24), well-set hair.
    • Koʻi ʻōwili, koʻi wili, gouge-like adze.

2. n., Surfboard of wiliwili wood.

3. n., Powder horn.

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kikino Roll, as of film.

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v. To roll up; to twist; to fold up, as the hands.

2. To roll together, as a roll of paper that has been opened. Isa. 34:5.

3. To twist a thing to make it crooked. See OILI.

s. A roll, as of cloth or of paper; a skein of thread; a roll of a mat; he owili palapala, the roll of a book. Ier. 36:2. Koi owili, a koi made gouge-like for working the inside of canoes.

s. Name of a very thick surfboard made of wiliwili.

Owili (o-wi'-li), n.

/ o-wi'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A roll, as of cloth or of paper; a skein of thread; a roll of a mat: he owili palapala, the roll of a book. Koi owili, a koi (ax) made gougelike for working the inside of canoes.

2. A very thick surf-board made of wiliwili wood.

Owili (o-wi'-li), v.

/ o-wi'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To roll up; to twist; to fold up, as the hands.

2. To roll together, as a roll of paper that has been opened.

3. To Twist a thing to make it crooked.

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Thick surfboard made of wiliwili wood.

a roll, a bolt; to roll up, coil.

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