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1. vi., To fall, drop, tumble down; dropped.

• Examples:
  • Hāʻule hua, to lay an egg.
  • Hāʻule lio, to fall off a horse.
  • Hāʻule wale, to fall prematurely, as fruit.
  • He keiki hāʻule wale, a miscarriage.
  • Hāʻule ka ua, the rain falls.
• Related:
  • hoʻohāʻule Caus/sim.; To drop, cause to fall.
    • (1 Sam. 31.4.) E hoʻohāʻule au i ka ua maluna o ka ʻili o ka honua (1 Nal 18.1), I will send rain upon the earth.
• References:
  • Cf. hina, to fall from an upright position, and hāʻule, to drop down.

2. nvi., To lose, fail, forget, die, neglect; loss, failure, defeat.

• Examples:
  • Ka hāʻule ʻole o ka manawa, without loss of time.
  • Hāʻule ka heihei, to lose a race.
  • No ka hāʻule o ka uku, because of failure to pay.
  • Kekahi mea hāʻule (Oihk. 6.3), that which was lost.

3. vi., To begin to do.

• Examples:
  • Hāʻule i ka hewa, to fall into sin, as by adultery.
  • Pau ka moʻolelo hōʻināʻinau, hāʻule ihola lākou kōnane (For. 4:57), after the interesting story, they began to play kōnane checkers.

4. vt., To delouse, look for louse.

• References:
  • See hāʻuke, For. 5:541.
  • PPN sakule, PNP saakule.