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vt. To look over critically; to look at as through searching for flaws, scrutinize.

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    • Probably PPN loi.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

n. Irrigated terrace, especially for taro, but also for rice; paddy.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

hamani To look over critically; to scrutinize.

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Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

s. A water kalo patch; an artificial pond where kalo is cultivated.

v. To sneer at or ridicule another's opinion.

s. Disapprobation or contempt shown for another's opinion; he hoowahawaha i ko hai manao. See LOILOI. Loi is used as a word of contempt, similar to pupuka.

Loi (lō'-i), n.

/ lō'-i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Disapprobation or contempt shown for another's opinion; he hoowahawaha i ko hai manao; a word of contempt, similar to pupuka.

Loi (lo'i), n.

/ lo'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A water taro patch; an artificial pond where taro is cultivated.

Loi (lō'-i), v.

/ lō'-i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Contraction of loiloi, to ridicule, etc.

Loʻi

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, upper Mānoa, Honolulu. Lit., patch (as of taro or rice).

to “size one up.”

taro patch.

1. A single irrigated taro flat (ESH). 2. Wetland taro patch. 3. Irrigated terrace, especially for taro, but also for rice; paddy (PE).

E huli iā “loʻi” ma Ulukau.

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