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mālolo
kikino ｜ noun / mā.lolo /1. n., General term for Hawaiian flying fishes (Parexocoetus brachypterus and others).
- Figuratively, fickle person who leaps from mate to mate.
- References:
- Cf. puhikiʻi, wauke mālolo.
- PPN maalolo.
2. See kaunaʻoa mālolo.
3. n., An ancient type of tapa (no data).
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mālolo
ʻAu mālolo. Butterfly stroke, in swimming; to swim the butterfly stroke. Lit., swim (like) mālolo fish.
malolo
/ MA-LO-LO /v., To break off work at the arrival of a la kapu; to rest. Hoomalolo. To rest; to be still; to desist from work or labor on account of kapu.
2. To ebb and flow, as the ocean, much more than usual; o Nana no ka malama e malolo ai ka moana.
malolo
kikino ｜ noun / MA-LO-LO /s., A day of preparation before a la kapu. Hoomalolo. Causing a malolo or resting day. NOTE.—At the present time it is equivalent to Saturday; ka la Hoomalolo, the day before the Sabbath.
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kikino ｜ noun / MA-LO-LO /s., The flying-fish that swims near or on the surface of the sea; ma ka ili kai e holo ai ka malolo.
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ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / MA-LO-LO /adj., Ebbing much further than usual, as the sea, and when this occurs, it is followed by a very high tide called ke kaimalolo.
malolo
kikino ｜ noun / mă'-lŏ'-lo /1. n., A day of preparation before a la kapu.
2. n., In later times, equivalent to Saturday; ka la hoomalolo, the day before the Sabbath.
malolo
/ mă'-lŏ'-lo /1. v., To break off work at the arrival of a tabu period; to rest.
2. v., To ebb and flow, as the ocean, much more than usual; o Nana no ka malama e malolo ai ka moana. (Used generally with the prefix hoo.) See hoomalolo.
malolo
kikino ｜ noun / mā'-lŏ'-lo /n., The flying fish. (Evolantia microptera.) A very popular food fish.
malolo
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / mă'-lŏ'-lo /adj., Ebbing much farther than usual, as the sea. When this occurs, it is followed by a very high tide called ke kaimalolo.
mālolo
General term for all flying fish (Cypselurus spp., family Exocoetidae).
malolo
Day of preparation before a lā kapu; to quit work at the beginning of a kapu.
malolo
To ebb and flow, as the ocean, much more than usual. (A.) Low as applied to a tide. (PE.)
mālolo
Cane earlier known as puahala, said to be a tough cane. Used by bird catchers as an offering upon snaring their first bird. Kamakea: It was named after the fish mālolo (Evolantia microptera), the flying fish.
malolo
ebbing of spring tides; day of preparation before sacred day.
ma’lolo
kikino ｜ nounflying fish.
malolo
kikino ｜ noun / Ma-lo-lo /s. the flying fish.
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