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purgative

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Laʻau nahā, pakelo. See laxative, medicine. Among the plants listed by Blaisdell used as purgatives are ʻākia, ʻaloe, hala, hau, ʻilima, ipu ʻawaʻawa, kāʻeʻe, kaliko, kalo, koali ʻawa, kuawa, kukui, maiʻa, moa, pānini ʻawaʻawa, pilikai, pōhuehue. To act as a purgative, nahā. Purgatives: kūkapihe, welo, hoʻoilo.

purgative

/ Pur-ga-tive / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he laau naha, he mea hoomaemae.

Purgative

/ Pûr'ga-tĭve / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Laau hoo-naha'.

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