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kualima

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

1. vs., Seven generations removed.

2. Five times, especially said of medicines given once a day for five days or five successive times morning and evening.

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kū lima

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kik/heh Handstand; to do a handstand. Cf. kū poʻo. See iwi kū lima.

kualima

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Medicine of“fives;” for example, three opae (shrimp) mixed with two dips of poi to fill the vacancy of an extracted tooth. (CMH.) This word refers to doing something five times: medicine given for five days, or five times in one day, and so on.

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