n.
1. Lance for boils, sores, as of fishbone or a sharp stick; abortion stick; this term, like that referring to other sharp things (shark, sea urchin, eel) is applied to chiefs as indicative of the sharp defense of the chief against contact with his taboo person, or infringement of his taboos. He koholua ʻoi ke aliʻi, a sharp-pointed piercing instrument is the chief.
2. A long shellfish (Terebra spp.)
s. A hard polished bone used in piercing unborn infants. FIG. He papa koholua oi ke alii.
1. An abortive instrument of polished bone.
2. The word was applied figuratively to the decisive methods of the high chiefs. He papa koholua oi ke alii; the chief is a sharp koholua.
Hard, polished bone used to induce abortion.
A sharp lance or bone-stick; abortion stick.
Instrument of polished stone for abortion. See ʻaōʻō.
Hard polished stone for feticide, a practice of early Hawaiʻi.
E huli iā “koholua” ma Ulukau.
Search for “koholua” on Ulukau.