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kōlealea

/ kō.lea.lea / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To play with a child, as bobbing it up and down on one's leg and singing ditties with the refrain kōlealea.

2. Same as kōlea #3.

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kolealea

/ KO-LE-A-LE-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., See lea and lealea, to please. The action of hushing or stilling children when they cry.

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kolealea

/ kō'-lē'a-lē'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ko and lealea, to please.]

1. n., The action of hushing or stilling children when they cry.

2. n., A giving up to natural gratifications.

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Kōlealea

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Point, reef, Mākua, Oʻahu. Near the west end of Mākua Beach. A child's ditty in which "kōlealea" is the refrain.

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