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cliff

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Pali, palipaʻa. Tall or distant cliff, pali loa. Towering cliff, pali halehale, pali hiʻi. Sheer sea cliff, hulaʻana. Vertical cliff, pali kū. Base of cliff, palipaʻa maoli. Small cliff or slope, papali. Small cliffs, kīpāpali. Notched cliff, pali kuʻi. Series of cliffs, pali kuʻi, kakaʻi pali. To stand on or fish from a cliff, kūpali. A cliff where tropic birds fly, he pali lele koaʻe (sheer, tall). Back a cliff, front a moon, pali ke kua, mahina ke alo (of handsome persons). Poetic references to pali may signify a handsome physique, a chief, or hardships, difficulties, and disdain.

cliff

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

Wave-cut ~. Pali ʻaʻaianalu. See weathered. Small ~s. Kīpāpali.

cliff

/ cliff / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he pohaku oi, he pali kiekie.

cliff

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

pa’lĭ.

Cliff

/ Єlĭff / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

He pali. SYN. precipice.

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