kā.lua
1. vt. To bake in the ground oven; to burn brick or lime; baked. (kā-, causative + lua, pit).
2. vs. Double, two-stranded.
3. Same as kālualua.
4. &;n Sinkhole, pit. Rare.
KA-LU-A
v. Ka and lua, a pit. To bury; to hide under ground.
2. To bake, as animal or vegetable food. NOTE.—This was always done in an oven under ground, i.e., it was buried.
3. To kill, dress and cook an animal for food, embracing the whole process.
4. To burn brick or lime; the latter was always burnt in a covered pit.
KA-LU-A
s. The name of a month answering to February; ka malama o Feberuari, o Kalua ka inoa i ka olelo Hawaii, the month of February is called Kalua in the Hawaiian language.
KA-LU-A
s. See LUA, a pit. A deep place; a pit; a deep ravine.
2. A descending or down-hill road. See KAOLO and IHONA.
KA-LU-A
adj. Double; two-stranded, as a rope; kalua ke kaula.
Kalua (ka-lū'-a), adj.
/ ka-lū'-a /Double; twostranded, as a rope; kalua ke kaula.
Kalua (kā-lū'-a), n.
/ kā-lū'-a /1. Same as lua, ka is the article.
2. Same as Kaulua, name of a month.
Kalua (kā'-lū'-a), v.
/ kā'-lū'-a /[Ka, to appropriate, and lua, pit.]
1. To bury; to hide under ground.
2. To bake, as animal or vegetable food. This was always done in an oven under ground.
3. To kill, dress and cook an animal for food, embracing the whole process.
4. To burn brick or lime. The latter was always burnt in a covered pit.
Kalua (kă-lu'ă):
/ kă-lu'ă /the pit or crater. Land section, Hamakua, Hawaii.
Ka-lua
Place and road, Pālolo, Honolulu. Lit., the pit.
Kalua
Beach, reef, Waiehu, Maui. Narrow calcareous sand beach and shallow reef fronting Waiehu Beach Park. Lit., the pit.
kālua
To cook underground. It was customary to cook or steam certain foods underground. Sometimes food was broiled over coals or hot ashes.
kalua
double
ka’lua
to bury; to bake underground.
kālua
1. Sinkhole, pit (HE) (PE). 2. A path or road leading downhill; a slope; descent (HE) (T). Also, ihona (SAM) (DM) and lua (AP).
E huli iā “kālua” ma Ulukau.
Search for “kālua” on Ulukau.