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walu
1. vt., To claw, scratch, rub, grate, rasp, scrape.
- References:
- PPN waru.
2. n., Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus 🌐), caught in deep water; large, much prized for eating and used as a cathartic.
- References:
- See ex., makuʻu #3.
- PPN walu.
3. number, Eight, eighth (walu and other multiples of four are formulistic numbers; cf. -walu).
- Examples:
- Hapawalu, one eighth.
- Kanawalu, eighty.
- References:
- PPN walu.
-walu
Many. Cf. kūwaluwalu, makawalu, olowalu, puwalu. (Eight being a sacred number may have led to this extension of the meaning.)
walu
hamani To scratch with claws, as a cat. Dic. Cf. waʻu.
WA-LU
v. To scratch, as a cat; to scratch, as a person with his fingers.
2. To rub; to rasp; to polish; to pinch.
walu
/ WA-LU /adj., num. Eight; ka walu, the eighth. Oihk. 9:1. As a cardinal it is generally prefixed by a or e; as, awalu, ewalu, eight. Gram.§ 115:4.
WA-LU
s. Name of a fish having very hard scales.
walu
/ wă'-lu /adj., Eight: ka walu, the eighth. As a cardinal it is generally prefixed by a or e; as awalu, ewalu, eight.
Walu (wă'-lu), n.
1. An edible marine fish of the escolar family (Ruvettus pretiosus), having very hard scales.
2. A surgeon-fish (Hepatus xanthopterus.)
Walu (wă'-lu), v.
1. To scratch, as a cat; to scratch, as a person with his fingers.
2. To rub; to rasp; to pinch.
Walu
Way, Mānoa, Honolulu. Lit., to scratch or eight.
walu
Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus). Can grow up to 6 feet and weigh over 100 pounds. Lives in the 500 to 2,500 foot depth and is caught by hook and line. Edible but unsettling.
walu
Oilfish. See walu. Once called a mackerel.
walu
eight.
walu
to scratch; rub, rasp.
walu
Mark 14:71.
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