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n., Light of early dawn, sunset glow.

• Literally, flaming road.
• Examples:
  • Ke alaula a Kāne, the flaming path of Kāne [the eastern sky].
  • Ka wehe ʻana o ke alaula, ʻoia ka paoa, the opening of the flaming pathway is the dawn.

s., Ala, road, and ula, red.

1. A streak of light, such as is seen after the setting and before the rising sun. Kin. 32:24. Hence,

2. The first dawn of the morning. Hal. 46:5. The early dawn or first gleam of morning light. 2 Pet. 1:19.

s., Red dust in a road; the red dust of a pali; red dust generally.

2. A kind of red chalk in which nothing will grow.

3. A kind of sea-wood, blackish; a species of limu.

[Ala, road, and ula, red.]

1. n., A streak of light, such as is seen after the setting and before the rising sun.

2. n., The first dawn of the morning; the early dawn or first gleam of morning light.

1. n., A kind of dark, branchy seaweed.

2. n., Red dust in a road; the red dust of a pall [hill or precipice]; red dust generally.

(ke) alaula twilight morning and night; first dawn.