luʻuluʻu
/ luʻu.luʻu /1. vs., Bent or bowed down, as with weight, sorrow, or trouble; painful, sorrowful, sad, wretched, woeful, bereaved, downcast, depressed, toilsome, overladen.
- Examples:
- Luʻuluʻu Hanalei i ka ua nui, kaumaha i ka noe o Alakaʻi, Hanalei is downcast with great rains, with mists of Alakaʻi [said in dirges to describe the weight of grief].
- Hala ka luʻuluʻu kaumaha, the heavy sorrow is over.
- References:
2. Reduplication of luʻu; to set a hīnaʻi, fish trap.
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