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lau kapalili

/ lau kapa.lili / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Same as hukilau, seine fishing, but reportedly used in deeper water and with yellowed ti or banana leaves.

  • Literally, trembling net.

2. n., Legendary name for trembling leaves of the first taro, said to have been born of a woman.

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lau kapalili

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Trembling or vibrating net; leaves tied to a net to frighten the fish into the net, as in the hukilau.

lau kapalili

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Name of the first kalo (taro) leaf that grew in the Hawaiian Islands; trembling leaves.

lau kapalili

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Name of the kalo that grew on the first kalo plant of the Hawaiian Islands. This is the legendary expression for the trembling leaf of that first kalo plant, said to have emerged from the burial site of Holoa-naka, son of Wākea. (MALO 244.) The leaf was called lau kapalili and the kalo stem was called haloa.

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