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1. v., Variant spelling of hoʻoilo.

  • Examples:
    • Ka hale hoʻīlo (Ier. 36.22), the winter house.
  • References:

2. n., Land term of unknown meaning used in the 1840s, perhaps a winter-time plot.

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1. s., The season of the year answering to winter in more northern latitudes.

2. Winter, the stormy season, from the interruption of regular trade winds. Hoilo is used in opposition to kau, the hot or summer season. The word is also written hooilo.

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adj., Wintry; pertaining to winter. Ier. 36:22.

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hoilo

/ hō'-i'-lo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Pertaining to the germinating process of seeds.

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hoilo

/ hō'-ī'-lo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To cause seeds to sprout before placing in a seed bed.

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Rainy or wintry months, in contrast to kau, the summer season.

I. E nana KANAANA.

Land term of unknown meaning, used in early 1840s, perhaps a winter-time plot (PE).

E huli iā “hoʻīlo” ma Ulukau.

Search for “hoʻīlo” on Ulukau.

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