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nvt., To stone to death; slaughter by burying the victim under a pile of stones.

  • Examples:
    • Hākau, half brother of ʻUmi, was killed in this fashion (FS 141), and this method was used unsuccessfully against the hero Kawelo (FS 107). Hoʻokahi wale nō kumu e make ai ʻo Kawelo, ʻo ke kaua i ke ahukū, there was only one way to kill Kawelo, burial beneath stones.

Nā LepiliTags: religion

v., To stone; to bury with stones or other missiles; e hailuku, e hoonou, e hooulua.

n., Name applied by the priests of Umi to the gifts presented to Hakau, Umi's elder brother. (These gifts consisted of stones of all shapes and sizes, from the pebble to the rock requiring the strength of two men to carry; so generously were the gifts brought to Hakau that he was at last covered with them and disappeared from sight.)

Nā LepiliTags: religion

v., To cover with stones; to stone.

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