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hulilau

/ huli.lau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., A variety of large gourd or calabash, used as receptacle for tapa or garments, or for food offerings. Figuratively, a woman, mother, wife. ʻO ka poʻe hulilau ʻole o hope, those with no large gourd calabashes in the back [without wives].

2. n., Border, boundary. Ke ʻike maila nō ʻo Lāʻie-ka-wai i ka ʻaha kanaka mai kēlā hulilau a kēia hulilau o ke kaha o Keaʻau, Lāʻie-ka-wai looked at the assembly of people from the border to this border of the arena at Keaʻau.

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HU-LI-LAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A calabash for carrying clothes in a canoe. See HOKEO.

E noho no oe e Kaohana

Me na hulilau a kaua.—Mele.

Hulilau (hū'-lĭ-lā'u), n.

/ hū'-lĭ-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. General name for calabashes of every description.

2. A calabash used as a receptacle for tapas or garments.

3. A word applied to the person of woman as receptacle for the best in man.

E noho no oe, e Kaohana,
Mo na hulilau a kaua.

hulilau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Large calabash for carrying clothes in a canoe; a recepta- cle for such.

hulilau

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

calabashes or gourds (large size).

hulilau

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Border, boundary (PE).

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