1. nvs. Extended, either longitudinally or horizontally; long, broad, wide, as a nose; spreading, extending; extension, projection. See huinakolu peleleu, huina peleleu. Waʻa peleleu, a very large canoe type, sometimes a double canoe. Kīkala peleleu, wide, spreading hips. I ʻĪnia aku nei au i ke kau ʻelepani ihu peleleu (song), I was in India riding long-trunked elephants. hoʻo.pele.leu To cause to spread, extend; same as above.
2. Same as lanai. Rare.
ʻaʻano Obtuse. Dic. Huina peleleu. Obtuse angle. Huinakolu peleleu. Obtuse triangle.
kikino, Extension, as of a computer file.
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s. A fishing canoe of the largest size, made shorter in proportion than ordinary.
2. Name of a large double-canoe used in war.
3. The brim of a hat. See PEHEU.
v. To bear away small quantities of a thing; to carry away frequently; to carry a little at a time.
2. To make many separations or divisions of a thing; e hoohikihiki.
adj. NOTE.—Peleleu is used as a noun. See above. But it is also frequently used as an adjective with waa, canoe; as, waa peleleu, a short canoe; kalai iho la ia ame na 'lii i na waa peleleu, he nui loa, he and the chiefs hewed out a great many large war canoes.
2. As an adjective, short and thick.
(Peleleu is a noun. But it is also frequently used as an adjective with waa, canoe; as, waa peleleu, a short canoe: Kalai iho la ia ame na 'lii i na waa peleleu he nui loa, he and the chiefs hewed out a great many large war canoes.) It signifies short, thick and broad.
1. A fishing canoe of the largest size, made shorter in proportion than ordinary.
2. A large double-canoe used in war.
3. An extension; a projecting out beyond something else, hence,
4. The brim of a hat.
To be spreading; to be loose, not compact; the antonym of palanaiki.
name of a class of short deep war canoes. Land section, Waianae, Oahu.
Large double canoe used in war; fishing canoe of the largest size, made shorter than customary in proportion to the width.
Fishing canoe of the largest size, made proportionally shorter than usual. This was also a canoe made by Kamehame- haʻs builders to use in visiting the islands.
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