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kaulaʻi

hamanitransitive verb / kau.laʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To hang up, as to dry in the sun.

  • Source:
    • PPN tauraki.
    • kau, to hang + -laʻi, transitivizer: Gram. 6.6.4.
  • Examples:
    • Iʻa kaulaʻi, fish hung or spread for drying.

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v. To put up in the sun to dry; kapili ma ka poi, a pili ka welu ma ka laau, kaulai aku i ka la a maloo; to hang up, as clothes to dry.

2. To lay aside for use. Nah. 11:32.

3. To hang up. Puk. 26:13.

4. To spread out in the sun. Ier. 8:2.

s. The act of drying what is wet; things so put up to dry.

Kaulai (kă'u-la'i), n.

/ kă'u-la'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

The act of drying what is wet; things so put up to dry.

Kaulai (kă'u-la'i), v.

/ kă'u-la'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To hang or put out in the sun to dry; kapili ma ka poi, a pili ka welu ma ka laau, kaulai aku i ka la a maloo.

to hang out to dry.

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