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kalaau

/ KA-LA-AU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Kala, to call, and au. See walaau. To call; to call aloud.

kalaau

/ KA-LA-AU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The striking of one stick upon another, as a part of the music in a hula; he kalaau ka hula nui a na 'lii e hana ai.

Nā LepiliTags: hula music

kalaau

/ kā'-lā'-ău' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Ka, to strike; laau, wood.] An ancient hula dance in which a part of the music was the striking of one stick upon another, as castanets: He kalaau ka hula nui a na 'lii e hana ai, A kalaau was the great dance which the chiefs performed.

Nā LepiliTags: hula music

kalaau

/ kă'-lă-ă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., [Kala, to call, and au, float.] To call; to call aloud. See walaau.

kalaau

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

v., [Ka, to cast or strike, and laau, stick.] To hit two sticks together in the kalaau, a kind of hula. See kakalaau.

Nā LepiliTags: hula music

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