n. Name for several varieties of ʻoʻopu, especially Istiblennius zebra, Entomacrodus marmoratus (marbled blenny); also called rockskippers because of their ability to leap across stretches of rocky shoreline. The name may be qualified by the terms kauila (Exallias brevis, shortbodied blenny), luahine, puhi. Pāoʻo figure prominently in legends and for some are ʻaumākua. See ex., haʻapupū. Also pānoʻo. (PEP paoko.)
n. Broken or discarded portions of sweet potatoes; sprouting bits of these fragments.
s. A species of potato. See PAO 5.
adj. Of or belonging to the ama, a species of sweet potato; ikaika i ka ama paoo.
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s. The names of several species of fish.
adj., Of or belonging to the ama, a second growth of sweet potato; ikaika i ka ama paoo.
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A favorite food fish, found in rough seas off rocky cliffs. Paoolekei, paoopuhi. paouou and paookauwila are all of the paoo class.
Small potatoes; potatoes of the second digging; potato hit by the oo or digger.
a species of small fish (Salarias). Land section. Kohala, Hawaii.
Rockskipper, zebra blenny (Istiblennius zebra). The first name comes from its accuracy in leaping from pool to pool along a shoreline as a means of escape. It inhabits tide pools.
Species of sweet potato plant; sprouting pieces of those broken or thrown away.
E huli iā “pāʻōʻō” ma Ulukau.
Search for “pāʻōʻō” on Ulukau.