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1. vs., Ripe, mellow; yellow, as leaves; soft, as an infected boil; rotten, as taro corm.

• Examples:
  • Pala ʻeʻehu ka lau o ka ʻulu, the breadfruit leaves are reddish-yellow.
• Related:
  • hoʻopala Caus/sim.; To ripen, turn yellow.
    • Hoʻopala maiʻa, to ripen bananas [as by burying in a pit].
• References:
  • Cf. huapala, pala ʻehu, pala heheʻe, pala lau hala.
  • PPN pala.

2. n., Daub, smear, smudge, blot; dab of excreta (cf. pala kūkae).

• Related:
  • hoʻopala Caus/sim.; To daub, besmear.
• References:
  • Cf. also ʻai pala maunu, hāpala, kāpala, pala niho, pala ʻole.

3. vs., Underdone. Pupuhi ka umu, moʻa pala ka ʻai, the oven smokes, food is underdone.

4. vs., Coated, as the tongue.

• References:
  • Cf. waha pala.

5. n., A form of gonorrhea.

6. n., Intoxicating drink made of watermelon juice.

7. n., A native fern (Marattia douglasii), with a short trunk and large, long-stemmed, much divided, dark-green fronds. In time of famine, the thick, starchy, hoof-shaped bases of the frond stems, which cover the short trunk, were eaten after being baked in an imu over night. The mucilaginous water resulting from slicing and soaking the raw stems in water was used medicinally. Pieces of the fronds mixed with maile leis enhanced their fragrance. The fern was used also in heiau ceremonies.

• References:
  • Neal 6, 7.
  • PNP pala.

8. n., A variety of sweet potato.

9. n., A variety of taro.

10. n., Seaweeds or scum.

11. n., Parlor. English.

adj., Mellow; soft; ripe, as fruit; rotten; cooked soft.

1. s., Name of the foreign common disease, the syphilis.

2. The name of a vegetable eaten in time of famine.

3. A hahai mai na kanaka e hele ana me ke akua i ka pala a haawe—hai mai ka pala mai uka—kii hou ka pala ma ia po iho.

1. v., To cook soft; to ripen and be soft, as a banana or other fruit.

2. Hoopala. To anoint; to daub; to besmear.

3. To erase; to blot out.

adj., Mellow; soft; ripe, as fruit; cooked soft.

1. n., A plant of the fern class and its fleshy auricles.

2. n., The syphilis.

v., To be soft; to be ripe or mellow; to be cooked soft; to be ripe and be soft, as a banana or other fruit.

Syphilis.

Barley.

Syphilis.

Native fern (Marattia douglasii). (NEAL 6.) See Plants: Uses.

Fern (Marattia douglasii), which the natives ate raw for its laxative effect. In time of famine the thick bases of this fern were cooked for food. The pala fronds were wound with maile to bring out its fragrance for leis. It was also used in heiau ceremonies. This fern is now rare. (NEAL 6.)

Native fern (Marattia douglasii). Its large, long-stemmed green fronds were eaten raw for their laxative effect. The Hawaiians used the thick, spongy bases of frond stems, or the liquid resulting from slicing and soaking them in water, for medicinal purposes after draining the mix. Fronds were used for their fragrance by twining or winding them in leis. The fern was also used in heiau ceremonies. (NEAL 6.)

Variety of sweet potato, an ancient plant. (HP 133, 142.)

ripe, mellow soft.