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Reduplication of lio #2; tense.

  • Examples:
    • Ke liolio nei ke kaula likini, the rigging lines are drawn tight.

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1. vs. Bright, dazzling, dazzled. Also liko 2, lile 1, lino 1. hoʻo.liʻoʻliʻo Caus/sim. (PCP likoliko.)

2. Var. of liʻo: name of the sound made by the ʻaʻo bird; to call thus.

3. Redup. of liʻo.

v. To draw tight, as a rope, but not extremely tight; to bind or tie on, as a rope or malo.

2. To make tight; to make hard; to make solid.

s. The sound or scream which the bird ao makes when disturbed, when she bristles like a hen with chickens.

s. The name of a small bird.

adj. Bright; shining; dazzling.

2. Strained tight. as a rope.

Liolio (li'o-li'o), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Bright; shining; dazzling.

Liolio (lī'-ŏ-lī'-o), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Tight; strained tight, as a rope. Same as moliolio.

Liolio (li'o-li'o), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A small bird, same as ao. (Laieik. p. 29.)

2. The sound which the bird ao makes when disturbed, when she bristles like a hen with chickens.

Liolio (lī'-ŏ-lī'-o), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To draw tight, as a rope, but not extremely tight; to bind or tie on, as a rope or malo.

2. To make tight; to make hard; to make solid.

Sound of the ʻaʻo (Newellʻs shearwater, Puffinus newelli) which the bird makes when ruffled or disturbed.

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