1. vt. To roll along, as a wheel; to remove; to transfer, as a debt. Cf. paukū ʻolokaʻa. Ua ʻā uahi Puna, ʻo ka ʻolokaʻa pōhaku ʻia i ka hūnā paʻa ʻia e ka Wahine (PH 34), Puna burns and smokes, rocks roll over it and it is buried solidly by the Woman.
2. n. Stake to which a live rat was tied as a decoy in an owl-catching trap. Rare.
See paukū ʻolokaʻa.
v. Olo and kaa, to roll.
1. To roll; to roll over and over, as a stone. Mat. 28:2. To roll away; to roll to a place; to roll off, as a burden; to take away, as a reproach. Ios. 5:9. Olokaa lakou i ka pohaku mai luna a i lalo.
2. To roll off upon another; to transfer, as a debt; ua olokaa aku au i ko'u aie a pau, I have paid off (rolled) all my debt.
[Olo and kaa, to roll.]
1. To roll; to roll over and over, as a stone; to roll away; to roll to a place; to roll off, as a burden; to take away, as a reproach: Olokaa lakou i ka pohaku mai luna a i lalo.
2. To roll off upon another; to transfer, as a debt; Ua olokaa aku ai i kou aie a pau, I have paid off (rolled) all my debt.
to roll along.
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