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kalaʻau

hamanitransitive verb / kala.ʻau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To call, speak.

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kālaʻau

/ kāla.ʻau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

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.

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kālāʻau

kikinonoun / kā•lā•ʻau / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, In hula. Percussion sticks.

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kālāʻau

hamanitransitive verb / kā•lā•ʻau / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, In hula. To dance using percussion sticks.

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kalaau

hamanitransitive verb / KA-LA-AU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Kala, to call, and au. See walaau. To call; to call aloud.

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kalaau

kikinonoun / KA-LA-AU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

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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kalaau

kikinonoun / kā'-lā'-ău' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

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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kalaau

hamanitransitive verb / kă'-lă-ă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., [Kala, to call, and au, float.] To call; to call aloud. See walaau.

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kalaau

hamanitransitive verb / kā'-lā'-ă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

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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