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pālau

/ pā.lau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To tell tall tales, exaggerate, talk.

  • Related:
    • hoʻopālau Same as above; to cause to tell tall tales.
  • References:
    • PPN pa(a)lau.

2. n., War club; wooden implement with convex cutting edges, for cutting off ends of taro corm for planting (also pālau kōhi); knife.

3. n., Mat, wrapper.

4. Short for kōʻelepālau, a pudding of sweet potatoes and coconut cream.

  • Related:
    • Kīʻoʻe pālau, a spoon used for stirring and dipping pālau pudding.

5. n., A variety of hīnālea, a fish.

6. n., Maui name for yam.

  • Maui

7. n., A variety of taro.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: food foods ʻuala fauna fish Maui flora uhi kalo

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palau

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Betrothal; betrothed, engaged.

  • Related:
    • hoʻopalau Caus/sim.; To betroth in marriage; engaged.

2. nvt., Plow; to plow.

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Palau

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

iʻoa, Palau.

  • Eng.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: geography

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Palau

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

Palau.

Palau

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

Palau.

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palau

/ PA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A lie; a falsehood.

2. An instrument for cutting kalo tops; laau palau, me ka laau palau, o Kapahielihonua. Laieik. 167.

3. A species of yam; the same as the uhi.

4. Eng. A plow.

5. A species of fish, purple, striped.

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palau

/ PA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Hoopalau. To betroth. Puk. 21:9. To betroth; to give in marriage; to engage to marry.

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palau

/ PA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To lie; to misrepresent; to deceive; e wahahee, e hoopunipuni.

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palau

/ pā'-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A lie; a falsehood.

2. n., Wooden knife.

3. n., Name on the island of Maui of the yam, elsewhere called uhi.

4. n., A variety of the hinalea fish.

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palau

/ pă'-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Mod.] n., A plow.

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palau

/ pā'-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To lie; to misrepresent; to deceive; e wahahee, e hoopunipuni.

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palau

/ pă-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., See hoopalau, to betroth.

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palau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Plow.

pālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Old and worn mat, usually small, used to sit on by the fireplace; mat for wrapping things to carry.

palau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Maui name for fern.

pālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Digging stick used to make vertical holes for planting slips or cuttings. (NP 130.) Pudding of sweet potatoes and coconut cream. (NP 136.) Also called koʻelepālau.

pālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

War club.

palau

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

plow.

pa’lau

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

to lie.

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