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kole
1. vs., Raw, as meat; inflamed; red, as a raw wound or as red earth.
- Examples:
- Kole ka ihu, nose inflamed with cold.
- Kole ka waha, wrangling and quarrelsome.
- Kole ke ahi, fire that won't burn because of the dampness of the wood.
- Kole ka ʻāina, the land is bare and red.
- Mālama o kole ka lae, careful or your forehead will be skinned.
- References:
- Cf. hakukole, kolekole, mākole, ʻōkole kaʻaka, koaka.
- PPN tole.
2. n., Weak and spent, as an old plant.
3. n., Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus 🌐).
- Examples:
- Kole maka onaona, sweet-eyed kole [said of attractive people, as the eye of this fish is considered beautiful].
4. nvt., Story; to tell stories, talk.
- Source:
- English.
kole
/ KO-LE /1. v., To be red, like raw meat; to be inflamed, as the eyes; as a wound; to be raw, as flesh with the skin off.
2. To shave the hair of the head closely.
3. To cause one to be naked; e hooolohelohe.
kole
kikino ｜ noun / KO-LE /1. s., Redness; inflamed eyes, &C.
2. Name of a fish.
kole
/ KO-LE /1. adj., Raw, as meat not fully cooked.
2. Inflamed; red, as an inflamed wound.
3. Used adverbially, you are denied; you are nothing, as in the sentence kolekole kou maka, i. e., the corner of your eye is red or pulu; down! you see that you are up a stump. See also kolekolemaka.
kole
/ ko'-le /1. adj., Raw, as meat not fully cooked.
2. adj., Inflamed; red, as an inflamed wound.
3. adj., Used proverbially, as you are denied; you are nothing, as in the sentence kolekole kou maka, that is, the corner of your eye is red or pulu; down! you see that you are up a stump. See also kolekolemaka. Equivalent to "nothing doing."
kole
/ kŏ'-le /1. n., Redness; the being red, as raw flesh.
kole
/ kō'-le /n., A brown fish about eight to ten inches long. It takes its name from the redness of its eyes.
kole
/ kŏ'-le /1. v., To be red, like raw meat.
2. v., To be inflamed, as the eyes; as a wound.
3. v., To be raw, as flesh with the skin off.
Kole
iʻoa ｜ proper noun / ko'-le /red. Mountain, Hamakua, Hawaii.
kole
Story; to tell stories.
kole
Yellow-eyed surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus). Has a yellow ring around the eye and a brown body. It lives in shallow water on the reef and reaches a length of 7 inches. Also called ʻoʻopu mākole.
kole
Inflamed, red, as a raw wound.
kole
raw; inflamed.
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