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1. nvi., To wait, loiter, linger, tarry; loiterer; hesitant, slow.

  • Examples:
    • Kali iki, wait a moment, just a minute.
    • He kali koʻu waha, ā he kali hoʻi koʻu elelo (Puk. 4, 10), I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.
  • References:
    • PPN tali.

2. n., Vagina.

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kālī

/ kā.lī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Spine, spindle, rod; string, as used to thread things upon, as flowers for a lei, or candlenuts for a torch; long vine or runner, as of sweet potato.

  • Examples:
    • Kālī iʻa, string of fish.
  • References:

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v. To wait; to tarry; to stay. Puk. 12:39.

2. To sojourn with one.

3. To wait for something; to lie in wait.

4. To hesitate in speaking.

5. To expect; to look for.

6. To gird; to tie; to fasten on.

7. Hoo. To waste away with disease.

s. The edge, as of a board, leaf, &c.

2. Disease; sickness, i. e., a waiting for death.

3. A word of contempt; o oe kali. See KALIPILAU.

4. Slowness; hesitancy of speech. Puk. 4:10.

1. A waiting, a hesitation.

2. Slowness: hesitancy in speech.

3. A defect in speech: a defective utterance.

4. A /?/

5. The edge, as of a gar/?/, a leaf, etc.

6. The vagina.

1. A spine, spindle or slender r/?/d used to thread things upon, as the /?/ of the kukui nut were strung to make a torch or as flowers for a lei.

2. The string so made, as a whole: kali kukui, a string of kukui nuts or a kukui nut torch when lighted.

1. To wait; to tarry; to stay.

2. To sojourn with one temporarily.

3. To wait for something: to await: to lie in wait.

4. To hesitate in speaking: he kali ka olelo.

KAL 254 KAL

To wait, hesitate, tarry; hesitancy in speech.

Long vine, as of a sweet potato.

to wait.

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