1. nvi. To speak imperfectly, as of one with a foreign accent or speech defect; to work in a disorderly, slipshod way; confusion. Cf. hiohio haole, kīpalalē. hoʻo.pala.lē Caus/sim.
2. vi. To drip, spatter, spill, fart. He mau ʻōhua lemu kaumaha, he mau ʻopeʻope palalē (For. 4:577), heavy-butted passengers, farting bags.
v. To branch out; to project out.
2. To put together confusedly.
3. To speak indistinctly; to make blunders in speaking; to vociferate.
4. To work in a slovenly manner.
adj. Scattered; spread out; lying confusedly so as to answer no purpose, as the wheels of a watch when apart.
1. Scattered; spread out; confused so as to answer no purpose, as the wheels of a watch when apart.
2. Dripping, as water.
3. Stammering.
1. To branch out in disorderly manner; to project.
2. To be put together confusedly; to be scattered.
3. To speak indistinctly; to make blunders in speaking; to speak hastily and indistinctly.
4. To work in a slovenly manner.
speech not easily understood.
E huli iā “palalē” ma Ulukau.
Search for “palalē” on Ulukau.