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n., Taro corm growing from the older root, especially from the stalk called kalo; tender plant (Isa. 53.3), shoot, sucker, branch (Isa. 11.2).

  • Figuratively, offspring, youngsters (FS 235; cf. ʻohana).
  • Examples:
    • Kai ʻohā, sea with small waves.
  • References:
    • See kalo for names of generations.

Nā LepiliTags: kalo

n., Native lobelias.

Nā LepiliTags: flora flowers

1. vs., Spreading, as vines; thriving; to grow lush.

2. nvt., Affection, love, greeting; to greet, show joyous affection or friendship, joy.

  • References:

Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Keʻena Kuleana Hawaiʻi.

1. s., The small sprigs of kalo that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.

2. A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1. FIG. Ier. 23:5.

3. A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.

s., A salutation between the sexes; rather a call, as halloo! to attract attention, and when the person looks round, then beckons.

v., To salute, as a man a woman, or vice versa; to call to one at some distance, and when he looks, then beckons to him.

adj., Sick from grief or care.

1. n., The small sprigs of taro that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.

2. n., A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1.

3. n., Fig. A branch, a scion. Ier. 23:5.

4. n., A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.

v., To salute, as a man to a woman, or vice versa.

A salutation between the sexes, as when one attracts attention and beckons.

oha

ʻaʻanostative verb / ō'-hă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Lovesick; languishing with amorous desire. Kuoha is the more familiar word.

Stick for ensnaring birds. (A.) See hāpapa, lāʻau kia, kolokio.

To greet, show great affection.

Small plantlets of kalo that grow on the sides of the older corms; the suckers which are transplanted.

Thriving; spreading, as vines; to grow with lushness.

sprig, sucker, branch.

s. the small sprigs of kalo that grow on the sides of the older roots.

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