peleu
Same as peleleu.
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.
Concealment of faults: He kanaka peleu oia; he is a man who covers another's faults.
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.)
E huli iā “peleʻū” ma Ulukau.
Search for “peleʻū” on Ulukau.