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1. vt. To lick, lap. (Nah. 22.4.) hoʻo.palu To cause to lick, to lick. (Perhaps PPN palu.)

2. n. A relish made of head or stomach of fish, with kukui relish, garlic, chili peppers; fish bait made of fish head or stomach, also used for chumming. See kuʻi palu and ex., ʻuʻu. Kā palu, a bailer with palu bait in it [said deprecatingly of ordinary food]. Ahu ka ʻalaʻala palu, a heap of octopus liver bait [not worth anything at all]. (PPN palu.)

3. Same as palupalu.

v. To lick; to lap; to lap water with the tongue, as a dog. Lunk. 7:5. FIG. To lick the dust, that is, to be greatly degraded. Isa. 49:23. To destroy, as an enemy. Nah. 22:4.

s. The entrails of fish used in taming fish.

2. The action of an ox's tongue in eating grass.

3. An eating up; a devouring. Nah. 22:4.

4. Name of a species of fish.

adj. Soft; gentle; kind; flexible. See PALUPALU.

1. The entrails of fish prepared for food.

2. A lure for fish.

1. To lick; to lap; to lap water with the tongue, as a dog.

2. Fig. To lick the dust, that is, to be greatly degraded.

3. To destroy, as an enemy.

Cardinalfish (Apogon taeniopterus). Grows to 9 inches in length.

Entrails of fish used in taming or chumming fish.

Soft matter of which kapa was made. Wauke or māmaki was soaked in water until it became wali (pastelike).

to lick, to lap.