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1. vi., To sink, be sunk, slip away, vanish; drowned.

• Related:
  • Hoku palemo, the full moon (hoku) that vanishes at sunup.
  • hoʻopalemo Caus/sim.; To drown, plunge into water, sink.
• References:
  • PPN malemo , melemo , PCP palemo .

2. vs., Promiscuous.

• Examples:
  • He nohona polemo, a promiscuous way of living.
  • He kāne palemo, a temporary male lover.

3. n., Young of uhu, a fish.

See kīloi palemo.

v. To sink down, as into water; to be lost, i. e., to be sunk in the sea or mud. Hal. 69:2. To plunge out of sight.

2. To move the head up and down, as fighting cocks before they spring at each other.

3. Hoo. To cast down; to hurl; to throw.

s. The name of a fish.

n., The name of a fish; a species of trigger fish or ohua.

v., To sink down, as into water; to be lost, that is, to be sunk in the sea or mud; to be plunged out of sight.

v., To dodge; to move the head up and down; as fighting cocks before they spring at each other.

sunk. Land section, Hana, Maui.

Young of parrotfish, uhu (Scarus perspicillatus).

to sink down in water; be sunk.