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ʻailolo

/ ʻai.lolo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., Ceremony usually marking the end of training, so called because the student ate (ʻai) a portion of the head, and especially the brains (lolo), of a fish, dog, or hog offered to the gods; to partake of the ceremony.

  • Examples:
    • Ua ʻailolo i ka puaʻu hiwa, taking part in the ceremony marking the completion of training by eating a portion of the head of an entirely black pig.
  • Related:
    • hōailolo Caus/sim.

2. vt., Skilled, adept, expert, trained, proficient.

  • Examples:
    • Ua ʻailolo ʻoia i ka hula, he is trained in the hula.

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ʻailolo

/ AI-LO-LO / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of a religious performance when a hog was offered in sacrifice; a part of it was eaten at the time of offering.

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ʻailolo

/ AI-LO-LO / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To teach the art of lua and the practice of anaana; sorcery and the practice of soldiery, so as to be a proficient. Ua ao i ka lua, a ua make ke kanaka, ua ailolo. Ua ao i ka anaana, ua make ke kanaka, na ailolo. Ua ao i ke koa, ua ku i ka moku, a ua ailolo.

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ailolo

/ AI-LO-LO / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Disobedient, as a child, and thus destroys himself; one that destroys himself through his own evil courses; it belongs to persons of all classes; he keiki hoolohe ole, a ua lele i ka pali no ke kolohe, a ua make ailolo ka hookuli, he was a disobedient child, he leaped a precipice through mischief, he died through disobedience, &c; ua make no ke kanaka hewa no ka hookuli ailolo no ia lakou.

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ailolo

kikino ｜ noun / AI-LO-LO / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., He inoa no kekahi mea.

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ailolo

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ăi-lō'-lŏ; / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Expert by practice; skilled by use or habit; experienced.

2. adj., Having or demanding skill; proficient; perfected.

3. adj., Appointed by fate; destined; doomed; fated: ka puaa ailolo; the fated pig.

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ailolo

/ ăi-lō'-lŏ; / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

interjection, An exclamation expressing derision, scorn, contempt, mockery, etc. Ah! aha! it serves one right! He keiki hoolohe ole i lele i ka pali a make, ailolo! A disobedient child leaped the precipice and was killed—it serves him right!

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ailolo

/ āi-lō'-lŏ; / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A religious ceremony observed upon the admission of one to a profession or calling, as a priesthood, at which a hog is offered in sacrifice and a part of it eaten.

2. n., One who is admitted to a profession or calling; a professional man.

3. n., The admission of one to a rank or degree at the end of a course of study; the completion of a course.

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ailolo

/ ăi-lō'-lŏ; / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To allow to pursue a profession or calling; to admit to practice, especially in sorcery, soldiery, wrestling, etc.

2. v., To receive a rank or degree at the end of a course of study; to finish or complete a course.

3. v., To try by examination and comparison; to put to the proof; to test: Ua ailolo i ka puaa hiwa.

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ʻailolo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Ceremony held at the end of training in the art of lua (hand-to-hand fighting) and ʻanaʻanā (the practice of sorcery). Those taking part in the ceremony marked completion of the training by eating a portion of the head of an all-black pig.

‘ailolo

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

an expert, graduate.

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