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kuailo

/ kua.ilo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To give up, as a riddle; to be unable to answer; expression used in riddling.

  • Examples:
    • The person who can not guess a riddle says: Kuailo! I can't guess the answer, you tell me. If the riddler doesn't want to give the answer, he may reply tartly: ʻEu nō ka ilo, make! Maggots move! Defeated! Kuailo ʻana, answer.
    • Ā penei ke kuailo ʻana (Kel. 90), this is the answer.

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kūāilo

hehele ｜ intransitive verb / kū.ā.ilo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To be devoured by worms (ilo).

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KU-A-I-LO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To declare or explain some enigma or mysterious expression; e hai mai i ka nane nalowale loa, loaa ole i ka imiia.

Kuailo (kū'-ā'-ī-lo), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To declare or explain some enigma or mysterious expression: e hai mai i ka nane nalowale loa, loaa ole i ka imiia.

2. To call for an explanation or solution of a riddle or puzzling enigma.

kuaīlo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To answer a riddle; to declare or explain something enigmatic or mysterious. (A.) Term used by someone who cannot guess the meaning of a riddle. Kuaʻilo! I canʻt guess, tell me. (PE.)

kuailo

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to explain some enigma.

E huli iā “kuailo” ma Ulukau.

Search for “kuailo” on Ulukau.

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