1. n. Coarse vesicular basalt. (PEP keletuu; cf. Marquesan keʻetu.)
2. n. Stone polisher or rubber made of this rock.
3. nvs. Entirely black, coal-black, said jokingly of dark people, including Negroes. See chant, ʻelemoe.
4. n. Priests' name for north.
v. To fly to pieces. See ELEELEKU.
adj. Easily broken; similar to helelei; pohaku eleku.
2. A good for nothing man; a coward; applied to a homely, lean or mean insignificant person. See ELEELEKU.
s. A species of stone; he pohaku eleku, a brittle stone.
1. Easily broken; brittle: pohaku eleku.
2. Not beautiful or good-looking; unsightly.
Any rock, usually of a slate color, that splits readily, especially when exposed to heat.
To fly to pieces; to break easily. See eleeleku.
a brittle kind of stone. Land section, Waialua, Oahu.
Homely, lean or insignificant person; coal-black in color.
A coarse, brittle stone, he pōhaku ʻelekū.
1. Coarse vesicular basalt (PE). 2. Soft rock precipice (T). 3. A brittle kind of stone. 4. Any rock, usually of a slate color, that splits readily, especially when exposed to heat (AP).
E huli iā “ʻelekū” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻelekū” on Ulukau.