ʻaʻa lole
n. Clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; European cloth.
n. Clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; European cloth.
Clothlike material that grows at the base of the coconut fronds. Other palms produce the aʻa loulu, a name applied later to woven foreign cloth. Kauai natives first gave this name to cloth. Also called ʻaʻa niu.
E huli iā “ʻaʻa lole” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻaʻa lole” on Ulukau.