palaha
vi. To slip and fall, stumble; smooth, slippery, slick. hoʻo.palaha To cause to fall, trip, push over; to fall.
vi. To slip and fall, stumble; smooth, slippery, slick. hoʻo.palaha To cause to fall, trip, push over; to fall.
1. vs. Spread out, extended, flattened, wide, broad, broadened. Hina pālaha, to fall sprawling. Pal_aha akula ka ua ma ka ʻāina, the rain spread over the land. hoʻo.pā.laha To spread, extend, flatten; leveling, flattening. Ke hoʻopālaha maila ka moa maluna o nā hua, the hen spreads out over the eggs. (PCP pa(a)lafa.)
2. vi. To broil, of flattened-out flesh on coals. hoʻo.pā.laha Transitive of above.
3. n. A kind of small ʻahi, a tuna (Germo alalunga).
4. n. Tileaf sandals. Rare.
v. Pa and laha, to spread out. To slip; to slide. Sol. 3:23. To stumble and fall down by hitting the foot against an object.
2. To fall flat down, as a house or tent. Lunk. 7:13.
3. Hoo. To fall prostrate in adoration.
4. To stretch out upon; to lie flat upon. 1 Nal. 17:21.
5. To be spread or wafted off, as a shower over land; palaha aku ka ua ma ka aina.
6. To conceive, as a female; to become large.
adj. Smooth and flat, as the back of the shell-fish called leho; akahi noa loa ka olu, palaha, pauhu, maka ino.
Smooth, and slippery, as the back of the shellfish called leho. Syn: Mania.
[Pa and laha, to spread out.]
1. To slip; to slide. To stumble and fall down by hitting the foot against an object.
2. To fall flat down, as a house or tent.
3. To fall prostrate.
1. To flatten; to lay flat; to prostrate; to level.
2. To become large or broad.
3. To stretch out upon; to lie flat upon. 1 Nal. 17:21.
4. To be spread or wafted, as a shower over land: palaha aku ka ua ma ka aina.
To stumble; to trip and fall.
To extend, spread out.
to fall flat.
Spread out, wide, broad (PE). Also, pāhola (SMK).
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