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pūlehu

/ pū.lehu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To broil, as sweet potatoes, breadfruit or bananas placed on hot embers.

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2. n., Waterspout.

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v. To roast on coals or embers; to bake on the fire; to roast in the blaze and smoke; hence,

2. To burn; to consume by fire.

s. A roasting on coals or embers; cooking food in a hurry by wrapping it in leaves and laying it on the fire, whether it be coals, hot ashes, flame or smoke.

2. A waterspout.

Pulehu (pū'-lē'-hu), n.

/ pū'-lē'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A roasting on coals or embers; cooking food in a hurry by wrapping it in leaves and laying it on the fire, whether it be coals, hot ashes, flame or smoke.

2. A roast; anything roasted for food.

Pulehu (pŭ'-lē'-hu), n.

/ pŭ'-lē'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pu, to draw water into the mouth and blow it out, and lehu, ash-like, broken.] A water-spout.

Pulehu (pū'-lē'-hu), v.

/ pū'-lē'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To roast on coals or embers; to bake on the fire; to roast in the blaze and smoke; hence,

2. To burn; to consume by fire.

Pulehu (pu'-lehu):

/ pu'-lehu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

to roast on coals. Ridge, Southwest Kauai.

Pūlehu

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Ridge, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Land division, road, and gulch, Puʻu-o-kali qd., Maui. Lit., broiled.

To roast on coals or embers.

to roast on coals, broil, burn.

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