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Same as peleleu.

vs. Mildewed; wet, rotting, and vile-smelling, as of clothes. Cf. pelekunu.

v. To break a kapu; to violate some article of the chiefs that was kapu or sacred; ua peleuia ke kapa o ke alii, the dress of the chief has been defiled.

2. To hide one's sins or offenses from a chief.

3. To hide the sins of another.

adj. Hiding or concealing the sins of one; he kanaka peleu oia.

Peleu (pē'-lĕ-ū'), n.

/ pē'-lĕ-ū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Concealment of faults: He kanaka peleu oia; he is a man who covers another's faults.

Peleu (pē'-lĕ-ū'), v.

/ pē'-lĕ-ū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To break a tabu; to violate some article of the chiefs that was sacred: Ua peleuia ke kapa o ke alii, the dress of the chief has been defiled.

2. To hide or cover one's offenses.

To break the kapu of a chief.

To break a kapa; to violate some article of the chief that was sacred; to hide oneʻs sins or offenses from a chief. (A.)

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