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pololei

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

1. vs., Straight, upright, direct, correct, right, O.K., accurate, all right; eyes front [military command].

  • Examples:
    • Kū pololei, to stand straight, sheer, perpendicular, vertical.
    • E pololei ana ke kua, the back will be straightened.
  • Also: pololoi.
  • hoʻopololei Caus/sim.; To straighten, correct, reform; to aim, as a gun; to be partial and treat with favoritism.
    • Kula hoʻopololei keiki kāne, boys' reform school.

2. n., A land shell (Lamellaxis 🌐), frequently followed poetically by the epithet kani kua mauna, singing in the mountain ridges.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO ka maiau pololei kani leʻaleʻa (PH 204), the land-shell neatness singing gaily.

3. n., Fresh poi.

  • Source:
    • Kauaʻi.

4. n., An adder's-tongue fern (Ophioglossum concinnum), a small native fern with single narrow-oblong blade, which supports one narrow spore-bearing spike about 2.5 cm long.

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pololei

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino Precision, as in math. Dic., ext. mng. See kaʻe pololei.

PO-LO-LEI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To be straight; to be correct, naturally or morally.

2. To make straight; to direct.

3. Hoo. To become straight; to make that straight which has become crooked naturally or morally.

4. To direct; to put in order.

PO-LO-LEI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Uprightness; rectitude of conduct; he pololei kona aoao.

2. A name given to new fresh food (poi.) See POLOKE.

PO-LO-LEI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Straight; correct; accurate, in opposition to crooked, irregular or perverse.

PO-LO-LEI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv. Straightly; uprightly; certainly.

Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), adj.

/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Straight; correct; accurate, in opposition to crooked, irregular or perverse.

Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), adv.

/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Straightly; uprightly; certainly.

Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), n.

/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Uprightness; rectitude of conduct: he pololei bona aoao.

2. Fresh poi, a Kauai term: miki pololei.

Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), v.

/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be straight; to be correct, naturally or morally.

pololei

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fresh poi.

pololei

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Song of the cricket or locust (families Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae). Kani kua a mauna, singing in the mountain ridges.

pololei

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

uprightness; straight.

pololei

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

uprightness: hungry.

pololei

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Straight. In re Application of Territory to Register and Confirm Title at Kakaako, 30 Haw. 666, 669 (1928). 2. True; correct, accurate; direct.

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