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n., Rack or branched post on which wooden bowls or netted calabashes were hung; a coat tree.

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hō.ʻole.ʻole To deny repeatedly. (PCP korēkore.)

1. n. A small conch shell. Cf. ʻolē 1.

2. Redup. of ʻolē 2; to rant. Kani ʻolēʻolē ka waha o ka uila, the mouth of the lightning makes an incessant noise [of a garrulous person].

3. nvs. Wide-mouthed grin, as of an idol; to grin thus.

s. Name of a board set on posts with notches on it to hang calabashes on.

v. Hoo. To deny; to deny a charge repeatedly.

v. To talk thickly and indistinctly, as one very angry and scolding.

2. To grin like an idol; oleole mai ka waha o na 'kua kii o na heiau; oleole no ka waha o ka wahine nuku.

3. To make notches in anything; to dovetail two pieces together.

adv. Indistinctly, as a sound; inarticulate; kani oleole ka waha o ka uila.

Oleole (ō'-le-ŏ-le'), adv.

/ ō'-le-ŏ-le' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Indistinctly, as a sound; indistinctly articulated; kani oleole ka waha o ka uila.

Oleole (o'-le-o'-le), n.

/ o'-le-o'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A frame or skeleton of a structure, set on posts with notches on which to hang calabashes.

Oleole (o'-le-ŏ-le'), v.

/ o'-le-ŏ-le' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To talk thickly and indistinctly, as one very angry and scolding.

2. To grin like an idol; oleole mai ka waha o na kua kii o na heiau; oleole no ka waha o ka wahine nuku.

Oleole (ō'-le-ō'-le), v.

/ ō'-le-ō'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Same as hooleole, to deny.

Post, 5 to 6 feet high, with a notched crossbar from which were hung calabashes in kōkō nets.

Idiot; to grin like an idol, widemouthed.

Idiot. (CMH.) To grin like an idol.

To have a wide grin, as an idol.

indistinct: to chatter.

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