kahuli
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kāhuli
/ kā.huli /- Examples:
- Ua kāhuli ke ʻano, the appearance is changed.
- References:
2. n., Land shells (Philonesia 🌐 spp.).
3. n., Sport or mutant, as of sweet potato.
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KA-HU-LI
v. See HULI. To change; to turn over; to upset.
2. To overturn; to confound, as a language.
3. Hoo. To overturn; to overthrow; to pervert. Tit. 1:14. Hookahuli i ka pono, to pervert judgment. 1 Sam. 8:3.
4. To overthrow, as a city. Kin. 19:25.
5. To change; to confound; to confuse, as a language. Kin. 11:7.
KA-HU-LI
s. A change; an overthrow; an overturning.
2. Uprightness; correctness.
3. The singing or sounds of what Hawaiians suppose to be snails. Laieik. 149.
4. The snails themselves.
Kahuli (kă'-hū'-li), n.
/ kă'-hū'-li /A change; an overthrow; an overturning.
Kahuli (kā'-hū'-li), n.
/ kā'-hū'-li /1. The singing or sounds attributed by the Hawaiians to land shells. "E lohe auanei oe i ka leo o na kahuli e ikuwa ana; You will hear the voices of the kahuli in chorus.
2. The shells or snails themselves.
Kahuli (kă'-hū'-li), v.
/ kă'-hū'-li /To be changed; to be turned round; to be upset (intransitive). Hookahuli is the transitive form.
kāhuli
Motion of land shells as they turn and sway along the plant leaves and twigs; also the name of the snails. Since they supposedly sang or chirped they were called papa kani oe. Crickets, usually hidden among the leaves, made the sounds believed to come from the shells.
kāhuli
Sport or mutant. (HP 141.)
kahuli
to turn over; to be changed, be upset.
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