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polepole

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

1. Variant of palepale, to ward off.

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2. n., A child's game. The children put their clenched fists on top of each other; each child makes a wish or suggests a game to play, and sings a chant such as the following: Polepole ka mamalihini, kaʻa mai kaʻa mai i kou, i kou kauhale ʻouʻou; ke ʻākia nei kuʻu piko e kaulele lā e kō lā ē, ward off the strangeness, roll here, roll here the kou wood, for a kou house, a high house; [there's a nip at my navel to make an effort to accomplish.

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PO-LE-PO-LE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See POLE. To ward off; to defend; to separate.

Polepole i na lihilihi o ka ohai,

Onoonou kela i ke knla o Makahuna,

Ahi lapalapa kela i ke pili o Piihonua.

polepole

/ PO-LE-PO-LE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A kind of child’s play which consisted in putting up one hand above another and saying as follows:

Polepole ka mamalihini, kaa mai, kaa mai

I kou, i kou kauhale, kauhale ouou,

Ke akia nei kuu piko e kaulele la e ko lae.

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polepole

/ po'-lĕ-pō'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A kind of child's game which consisted in putting up one hand above another and saying:
Polepole ka mamalihini, kaa mai, kaa mai
I kou, i kou kauhale, kauhale ouou.
Ke akia nei kuu piko e kaulele la e ko lae.

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Polepole (pō'-lĕ-pō'-le), v.

/ pō'-lĕ-pō'-le / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pole, to defend.] To ward off; to defend; to separate.
Polepole i na lihilihi o ka ohai.
Onoonou kela i ke kula o Makahuna.
Ahi lapalapa kela i ke pili o Piihonua.

polepole

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Childʻs play, consisting of putting up one hand above the other and saying, polepole ka mamalihini, kaʻa mai, kaʻa mai i kou, i kou kauhale, ʻouʻou ke ʻakia nei kuʻu piko e kaulele la e kō la, ward off the strangeness, roll here, roll here the kou wood, for a kou house, a high house, thereʻs a nip of my navel to make an effort to accomplish. (A.) Trans. (PE.)

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