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1. n., Tongue, language.

• Related:
  • Also: elelo.
• References:
  • Cf. pelu.
  • PPN ʻalelo.

2. Meat of the sea egg or sea urchin (wana), so called because of resemblance to a tongue.

3. Concave curve of the lower portion of the lei palaoa, whale-tooth pendant, suggestive of a tongue.

4. Point at the tip of a paddle.

kikino, Tongue.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Kūʻau alelo. Back of the tongue.
  • Lau alelo. Blade.
  • Mole alelo. Root.
  • Waena alelo. Central portion.
  • Wēlau alelo. Tip.

s., The tongue; he alelo wana ka ono, he ono ke alelo wana, he okulikuli.

s., The tongue, of man or animals. Puk. 11:7; 2 Sam. 23:2. See elelo.

1. n., The tongue of man or animals.

2. n., The meat of a species of sea-egg, or sea urchin, called wana: He ono ke alelo wana, he kuhinia, he okulikuli; the meat of the wana is tasty, it is rich, it is sweet.

Tongue. (2 Sam. 23:2.)

(ke) alelo tongue.