kalaʻau
hamani | transitive verb / kala.ʻau /Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
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1. n.v., Stick dancing; to stick dance; sometimes this term is applied to fencing instead of the more frequent kākā lāʻau.
2. n., Mast.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
kikino, In hula. Percussion sticks.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
hamani, In hula. To dance using percussion sticks.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
v., Kala, to call, and au. See walaau. To call; to call aloud.
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s., The striking of one stick upon another, as a part of the music in a hula; he kalaau ka hula nui a na 'lii e hana ai.
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n., [Ka, to strike; laau, wood.] An ancient hula dance in which a part of the music was the striking of one stick upon another, as castanets: He kalaau ka hula nui a na 'lii e hana ai, A kalaau was the great dance which the chiefs performed.
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v., [Kala, to call, and au, float.] To call; to call aloud. See walaau.
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v., [Ka, to cast or strike, and laau, stick.] To hit two sticks together in the kalaau, a kind of hula. See kakalaau.
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To strike with sticks, one upon the other, marking the rhythm of the dance. Part of the accompaniment to the hula.
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