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pololei
/ polo.lei /1. vs., Straight, upright, direct, correct, right, O.K., accurate, all right; eyes front [military command].
- Examples:
- Kū pololei, to stand straight, sheer, perpendicular, vertical.
- E pololei ana ke kua, the back will be straightened.
- Also: pololoi.
- hoʻopololei Caus/sim.; To straighten, correct, reform; to aim, as a gun; to be partial and treat with favoritism.
- Kula hoʻopololei keiki kāne, boys' reform school.
2. n., A land shell (Lamellaxis 🌐), frequently followed poetically by the epithet kani kua mauna, singing in the mountain ridges.
- Examples:
- ʻO ka maiau pololei kani leʻaleʻa (PH 204), the land-shell neatness singing gaily.
3. n., Fresh poi.
- Source:
- Kauaʻi.
4. n., An adder's-tongue fern (Ophioglossum concinnum), a small native fern with single narrow-oblong blade, which supports one narrow spore-bearing spike about 2.5 cm long.
pololei
kikino ｜ noun / polo•lei /kikino, Precision, as in math.
- Source:
- References:
- See kaʻe pololei.
PO-LO-LEI
v. To be straight; to be correct, naturally or morally.
2. To make straight; to direct.
3. Hoo. To become straight; to make that straight which has become crooked naturally or morally.
4. To direct; to put in order.
PO-LO-LEI
s. Uprightness; rectitude of conduct; he pololei kona aoao.
2. A name given to new fresh food (poi.) See POLOKE.
PO-LO-LEI
adj. Straight; correct; accurate, in opposition to crooked, irregular or perverse.
PO-LO-LEI
adv. Straightly; uprightly; certainly.
Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), n.
/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i /1. Uprightness; rectitude of conduct: he pololei bona aoao.
2. Fresh poi, a Kauai term: miki pololei.
Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), v.
/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i /To be straight; to be correct, naturally or morally.
Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), adv.
/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i /Straightly; uprightly; certainly.
Pololei (pō'-lŏ-lē'i), adj.
/ pō'-lŏ-lē'i /Straight; correct; accurate, in opposition to crooked, irregular or perverse.
pololei
Fresh poi.
pololei
Song of the cricket or locust (families Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae). Kani kua a mauna, singing in the mountain ridges.
pololei
uprightness; straight.
pololei
uprightness: hungry.
Po-lo-lei
straight, correct, accuvate.
Po-lo-lei
s. sprightness, rectitude of conduct
Po-lo-lei
adv. straightly, uprightly; fig. at liberty certainly
Po-lo-lei
v. to be straight, to make straight, to direct. Hoo-to become straight, to direct, put in order
Po-lo-lei
adj. straight, correct, accurate
pololei
1. Straight. In re Application of Territory to Register and Confirm Title at Kakaako, 30 Haw. 666, 669 (1928). 2. True; correct, accurate; direct.
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