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vi. To speak loudly, angrily, vociferously; to, wail, as for the dead.

1. n. Redup. of leʻo 1.

2. n. Children's, leaping game. Rare.

v. To wail, as for the dead. See UWE.

adj. Tall; high; shooting upwards, as a tree; as a mountain; he kanaka leoleo, he laau leoleo, he hale leoleo. See LEOLANI.

Leoleo (le'o-le'o), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Tall; high; shooting upward, as a tree; as a mountain; he kanaka leoleo, he laau leoleo, he hale leoleo. Syn: Leolani.

Leoleo (lē'-ō-lē'-ō), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To wail or chant in subdued tones. Syn: Hanehane.

2. To wail, as for the dead. Syn: Uwe.

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