kaʻalalo
/ kaʻa.lalo /- Figuratively, full of lies, underhanded, deceitful.
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- Cf. kaʻakaʻalalo.
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Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
v., To talk crookedly by way of flattery; to flatter; to crouch in order to gain some point; to act meanly to secure some object.
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[Kaa, to move, and lalo, down.]
1. v., To direct a vessel's course off the wind. Kaalalo ae nei makou ia Oahu: We sailed on the lee side of Oahu.
2. v., To talk inconsistently by way of flattery; to flatter; to act manly to secure some object.
3. v., To contradict one's self in talking or in telling a story.
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To sail to leeward.
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