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Reduplication of kale.

• Related:
  • ʻAi kakale, poi cocktail, thin poi.
  • hʻokakale Caus/sim.; To make soft or watery; soft, flexible, saggy, soft, limp; to dilute.

v. To be thin; to be watery; to be nearly liquid, as thin poi; to be mixed with water.

2. To be movable; to be flexible; to be shaky. See KALE.

adj. Thin; greatly diluted with water, as thin poi; he ai kakale.

Thin; greatly diluted with water, as thin poi: he ai kakale.

1. To be thin; to be watery; to be nearly liquid, as thin poi.

2. To have the quality of a fluid, as thin poi or molasses. (Hookakale is the transitive form.)

Thin, greatly diluted with water, as thin poi.

to be thin, watery; to dilute.