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hālau

/ hā.lau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Long house, as for canoes or hula instruction; meeting house.

  • Examples:
    • Malu hālau loa, shade of the long house; figuratively, shade of trees.
    • Ā ua nui Hilo, hālau lani i ke ao (chant), and Hilo rains so much, a heavenly shed in the clouds.
  • References:
    • PNP folau.

2. vs., Large, numerous; much.

  • Examples:
    • Ka wai hālau o Wailua (For. 4:163), expansive waters of Wailua.
  • Related:
    • hoʻohālau Caus/sim.; To make numerous.
      • Hoʻohālau i ka hale a piha i nā makamaka, fill the house full with friends.

halau

/ HA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To be long; to extend; to stretch out.

halau

kikino ｜ noun / HA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A long house with the end in front; used mostly for canoes.

2. Name of a hen that has had chickens.

halau

kikino ｜ noun / hă'-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A long house with openings on. both ends used mostly for canoes.

2. n., A mother hen.

halau

/ hă'-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be long; to extend; to stretch out.

hālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Long house with the end in front—beach side—used for storing canoes.

hālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To be long, to stretch out. (A.)

hālau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hen that has had chickens; long house with the end at the front, used mostly for canoe storage (hālau waʻa) and hula instruction (hālau hula).

Ha-lau

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

s. a long house with the end in front.

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