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1. n., All endemic kinds of ebony (Diospyros 🌐, synonym Maba 🌐), hardwood trees with small flowers and fruits.

• Related:
  • Also: ēlama.
• References:
  • Neal 674.
  • PNP lama.

2. n., Torch, light, lamp.

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  • Lama wood was used in medicine and placed in hula altars because its name suggested enlightenment; huts were built of lama wood in a single day during daylight (lama) hours, and the sick were placed inside them for curing.
• References:
  • PPN rama.

3. n., Rum; any intoxicating drink.

• Source:
  • English.
• Examples:
  • He kanaka inu lama, a person fond of drinking; a drinker or heavy drinker.
• Related:
  • Also: rama.

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Ana lama hanu. Breathalyzer.
  • Nui lama koko. Blood alcohol level.

1. s., The name of a species of forest tree of very hard wood, used in building houses for the gods.

2. A torch; a light by night made of any materials, but mostly from the nuts of the kukui tree; a light. Lunk. 7:20. A lamp. 2 Oihl. 4:20. Connected with ipu kukui. A torch. Lunk. 15:5. He pulama, he aulama, he kalikukui i aulamaia.

1. n., A forest tree of very hard wood (Maba sandwicensis) used in building.

2. n., A torch; a light by night made of any materials, but mostly from the nuts of the kukui tree; a light. A lamp. Connected with ipu kukui. A torch. He pulama, he aulama, he kalikukui i aulamaia.

3. n., General name for intoxicating liquors. Also spelled rama.

Two native species (Diospyros synonym Maba) are forest trees. (NEAL 674.) See Plants: Uses.

Forest trees, both native species of Hawaiʻi (Diospyros synonym Maba). The hard, brown-red wood was highly prized by the ancient Hawaiians who used it in building temples. A piece of it, wrapped in yellow kapa, was used in the temple of Laka, goddess of the hula. Lama means light. (NEAL 674.)