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malo

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. Male's loincloth; chant in praise of a chief's loincloth. Malo ʻeka, dirty malo [said of farmers in dry areas]. (PPN malo.)

2. Leaf sheath that protects the young leaves of the breadfruit tree, sometimes called malo ʻulu.

malō

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Var. of maloʻo.

mālō

/ mā.lō / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Taut, firm, straight.

  • Examples:
    • Kino mālō, straight body.
    • Kū ā mālō, stand straight.
    • Mālō pono, taut.
  • Related:
    • hoʻomālō Caus/sim.; To make straight, firm, as a cord or sail; to tighten.
  • References:

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malo

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

See loincloth.

mālō

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

ʻaʻano, Tense, as articulation, in linguistics.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Related:
    • Woela mālō. Tense vowel.
  • References:

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MA-LO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A strip of kapa or cloth girded about the loins of men; in former times the malo was the only dress worn by men when at work; a covering for the nakedness of men; ka wawae e paa'i ka mai.

2. FIG. Ua loheia mamua ka olelo a kekahi alii, e kaohi a e moku ka ka malo.

MA-LO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. See MALOO.

Malo (mă-lō), adj.

/ mă-lō / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Same as maloo, dry.

Malo (mă'-lo), n.

/ mă'-lo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A strip of tapa or cloth girded about the loins of men; in former times the malo was the only dress worn by men.

Malo

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land section, Honolua qd., Maui. Lit., loincloth.

malo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Strip of kapa worn by men around the loins; loincloth worn when at work.

malo

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

loin cloth.

ma’lo’

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

taut, straight, firm.

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