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1. n., Sperm whale; ivory, especially whale tusks as used for the highly prized lei palaoa; whale-tooth pendant.

• Examples:
  • Makau palaoa, fishhook made of whale ivory.
• References:
  • PCP pala(a)oa.

2. n., Flour, bread, wheat (Biblical).

• Source:
  • English.
• References:
  • Cf. lāwalu.

kikino, Bread.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Hunahuna palaoa. Bread crumbs.

s., A species of large fish; a whale.

2. An ornament made of a whale's tooth worn pendulous from the neck; e malama i ka niho palaoa, take care of the ornament (we have no name for it in English); hence,

3. Ivory.

4. The sea-elephant.

adj., Of or belonging to ivory. 1 Nal. 10:18.

s., The Hawaiian common orthography and pronunciation for the English word flour; hence,

1. Bread; flour, &c.

2. The grain of which flour is made. See huapalaoa. Palaoa huluhulu, barley; palaoa eleele, rye; palaoa hu ole, unleavened bread. Puk. 9:31, 32. Palaoa wali, fine flour. Oihk. 7:12. Palaoa kawili, dough. Neh. 15:20. NOTE.—The word should be written falaoa or felaoa.

adj., Of or belonging to ivory.

1. n., Also spelled palaowa. A walrus.

2. n., An ornament made of a whale's tooth worn pendulous from the neck: e malama i ka niho palaoa, take care of the ornament.

3. n., Ivory.

[English.]

1. n., Bread; flour, hence.

2. n., The grain of which flour is made.

Ornament made from a whale tooth suspended as a neck-lace by braids of human hair.

Bread from English flour.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) was formerly cultivated on the highlands of East Maui and Hawaiʻi, but growers lost out to competition from California. The grain contained so much gluten that it required the addition of foreign flour to make light bread.

I. oia ka hua waiwai e ola ai na kanaka ma kela aina keia aina. Ua uluia ka huila ma kela aoao keia aoao o ka honua, Kin. 30:14; Kan. 8:8. Lun. 6:11; Mat. 13:25; 1 Kor. 15:37. Ma Aigupita eono a ehiku opuu ma ke kumu hookahi, Kin. 41:5-7. O na mohaiai ma ka oihana a Mose, he palaoa no ia, Oihk. 2. E nana PALAOA.

I. Komo no kela hua keia hua iloko o keia inoa. He nui ka palaoa ma Palesetine i ka wa kahiko, a oia ka ai nui o na kanaka. O ka palaoa, a me ka waina a me ka aila, oia na mea i ulu nui ma ia aina. Ua ai maka ia ka palaoa ma ka mahinaai i kekahi maoawa, Kan. 23:25; Mat. 12:1. O ka palaoa i pulehuia, oia kekahi ai nui o ka poe Iseraela, a o ka poe Arabia hoi i keia wa e noho nei, Ruta 2:14; 2 Sam. 17:28, 29. Penei ka hana ana i ka palaoa i lilo ia i berena. Ua kuiia i ka mea kui kekahi, Is. 28:27, 28; ua hehiia i ka bipi kekahi, Kan. 25:4; ua hookaaia maluna iho e ka bipi 'ka mea kaapalaoa oioi, mea niho' kekahi, Is. 41:15. E nana HIHI-PALAOA. Me ka makani o kahi peahi ka hoomaemae ana i ka palaoa i kaawale ka opala, Mat. 3:12; a pau ia, ua kananaia, Am. 9:9; Luk. 22:31. O kahi hehi-palaoa, aia no mawaha ma kahi kiekie, a pela hoi i keia wa e noho nei ma kela aina, Lun. 6:11; 2 Sam. 24:18. I kekahi manawa, ua kuiia ka palaoa iloko o ka ipukui a wali, a i kekahi manawa, ua waliia i ka pohaku kaapalaoa, Nah. 11:8; Hoik. 18:22. O ka mea kaapalaoa, elua pohaku poepoe ia kekahi maluna o kekahi, elua kapuwai ke anawaena, eono iniha ka manoanoa, Lun. 9:53; 2 Sam. 11:21; Iob. 41:24. He mea wili palaoa no kela ohana keia ohana, aole pono e laweia i uku panai, Kan. 24:6. Aia no i na wahine wale no keia hana, e noho ana ilalo ma ka honua me ka wili palaoa imua o lakou, Puk. 11:5. Olelo mai Iesu no ka lukuia ana o Ierusalema, 'Elua wahine e wili palaoa ana, a laweia kekahi, a e koe no kekahi,' Mat. 24:41. Ua hoohaahaaia o Samesona e iawelawe ma keia hana wahine, Lun. 16:21. I ke kakahiaka nui ka wili palaoa ana me ka leo mele o na wahine, a mahuahua ka walaau, ina he nui o na mea hana. A ina aohe loheia keia walaau, he mea ia e ikea'i ka neoneo o ka aina, Ier. 25:10; Hoik. 18:22.

whale ivory; ivory.

bread, flour.