1. vs. Mealy, firm, not soft or soggy, as taro or sweet potato.
2. Redup. of puna 3; jointed. He punapuna nohoʻi e like me ke kō (For. 5:607), jointed too, like sugar cane [of kava]. (KL. line 60.)
3. vs. Scattered, wind-blown, pulverized. Rare.
v. To scatter; to blow away, as small particles of some substance.
2. To make fine or small as dust.
3. To sit on eggs; to brood, as a hen.
adj. Made fine; scattered; blown away.
2. Hard, as food; tough to eat.
3. Dry and mealy or hard, as a potato that is cooked.
4. Weary, lame or sore, as with walking or lying.
1. comminuted; scattered; blown away.
2. Dry and mealy.
To be made fine; to be pulverized, as dust.
Dry and mealy or hard, as a cooked potato.
Variety of sweet potato with a mealy root. (NP 126.)
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