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1. vs. Straight, of hair.

2. n. Masseur, masseuse. (These services were usually performed by one of the opposite sex.) Rare.

3. n. Ne'er-do-well, vagabond, one who could not support a wife and hence did not marry. (Malo 201.)

4. vi. To change, as the voice. Rare. Cf. lole, to unfold.

s. Straight smooth hair, like the Chinese; e like me ko na pake.

2. Name of an office in the king's train.

adj. Slick; smooth, as some kinds of cloth.

2. Straight and smooth, as hair; he huluhulu kalole ko ka lio, he piipii inoino ko ke kamelo.

v. To turn the tone of the voice, to change one's voice so as not to be known.

Kalole (kā'-lō'-le), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Smooth; having luster, applies to hair.

2. Straight and smooth, as hair: he huluhulu kalole ko ka lio, he piipii inoino ko ke kamelo.

Kalole (kā'-lō'-le), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Straight hair.

2. Straight smooth hair, like that of Chinese; e like me ko na Pake.

3. Beautiful black hair.

4. An officer or servant whose duty it was to lomilomi or massage a chief. The kalole was always a female servant. (This service when performed for a woman devolved upon a man servant who was called omau.)

Kalole (kā'-lō'-le), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To change the tone of the voice; to change one's voice so as not to be known.

E huli iā “kālole” ma Ulukau.

Search for “kālole” on Ulukau.

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