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palu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt. To lick, lap. (Nah. 22.4.) hoʻo.palu To cause to lick, to lick. (Perhaps PPN palu.)

2. n. A relish made of head or stomach of fish, with kukui relish, garlic, chili peppers; fish bait made of fish head or stomach, also used for chumming. See kuʻi palu and ex., ʻuʻu. Kā palu, a bailer with palu bait in it [said deprecatingly of ordinary food]. Ahu ka ʻalaʻala palu, a heap of octopus liver bait [not worth anything at all]. (PPN palu.)

3. Same as palupalu.

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palū

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. Flu, influenza. Eng.

PA-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To lick; to lap; to lap water with the tongue, as a dog. Lunk. 7:5. FIG. To lick the dust, that is, to be greatly degraded. Isa. 49:23. To destroy, as an enemy. Nah. 22:4.

PA-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The entrails of fish used in taming fish.

2. The action of an ox's tongue in eating grass.

3. An eating up; a devouring. Nah. 22:4.

4. Name of a species of fish.

PA-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Soft; gentle; kind; flexible. See PALUPALU.

Palu (pă'-lu), n.

/ pă'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The entrails of fish prepared for food.

2. A lure for fish.

Palu (pă'-lu), v.

/ pă'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To lick; to lap; to lap water with the tongue, as a dog.

2. Fig. To lick the dust, that is, to be greatly degraded.

3. To destroy, as an enemy.

palū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Flu, influenza.

palu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Cardinalfish (Apogon taeniopterus). Grows to 9 inches in length.

palu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Entrails of fish used in taming or chumming fish.

palu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Soft matter of which kapa was made. Wauke or māmaki was soaked in water until it became wali (pastelike).

palu

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

to lick, to lap.

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