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1. nvt., Ceremony usually marking the end of training, so called because the student ate (ʻai) a portion of the head, and especially the brains (lolo), of a fish, dog, or hog offered to the gods; to partake of the ceremony.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻailolo i ka puaʻu hiwa, taking part in the ceremony marking the completion of training by eating a portion of the head of an entirely black pig.
• Related:
  • hōailolo Caus/sim.

2. vt., Skilled, adept, expert, trained, proficient.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻailolo ʻoia i ka hula, he is trained in the hula.

s. The name of a religious performance when a hog was offered in sacrifice; a part of it was eaten at the time of offering.

v. To teach the art of lua and the practice of anaana; sorcery and the practice of soldiery, so as to be a proficient. Ua ao i ka lua, a ua make ke kanaka, ua ailolo. Ua ao i ka anaana, ua make ke kanaka, na ailolo. Ua ao i ke koa, ua ku i ka moku, a ua ailolo.

Ceremony held at the end of training in the art of lua (hand-to-hand fighting) and ʻanaʻanā (the practice of sorcery). Those taking part in the ceremony marked completion of the training by eating a portion of the head of an all-black pig.