1. nvs. Poverty-stricken, very poor, destitute; pauper (stronger than ʻilihune). Lit., bare skin. hō.ʻili.kole To cause poverty. He keiki hōʻilikole, a child that makes paupers [of the parents, as with expenses].
2. n. Flesh of half-ripe coconut.
adj. Ili, skin, and kole, raw. Very poor; destitute, so much that life is undesirable; e aho ka make ia Milu, loaa ke akua o ka po, it is better to die by Milu and be received by the god of night.
adj. Not thoroughly ripe, as the cocoanut; not oolea loa; he niu ilikole.
1 Not full-grown.; not mature or ripe, immature. He niu ilikole.
2. Being completely without something regarded as necessary or desirable; poverty-stricken; poor; destitute.
E huli iā “ʻilikole” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻilikole” on Ulukau.