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pelehū

/ pele.hū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo 🌐).

  • Literally, swollen swelling.
  • Examples:
    • Wahine hulu pelehū, turkey-feathered woman [said of women with mercenary interest in white men; the call of turkey hens (pelehū) is pōkeokeo, cluck, cluck, which also means prosperous].
  • Related:

2. Same as pele #3.

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pelehu

/ PE-LE-HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Name of a species of kapa made on Kauai.

2. Epithet of a turkey, from pele, to swell, and hu, to swell or puff out. See palahu.

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pelehu

/ pē'-le-hū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A species of tapa made on the island of Kauai. Also called pepele.

2. n., [Pele, to swell, and hu, to swell or puff out.] A turkey, called also palahu.

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pelehū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Its name means to swell puffed out and it is so called from the gobble of the male.

pelehū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Turkey. See palahū.

pelehū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Choice Kauaʻi-made kapa.

pelehu’

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

a turkey.

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