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n., Dense waterworn volcanic stone, as used for poi pounders, adzes, hula stones; hard lava, basalt.

• Related:
  • Kinds of ʻalā rock, as used for adzes, are qualified by the phrases pia maka hinu, shiny-faced arrowroot; mahinu, shiny; and maka hinu, shiny face.
  • Also: (Kam. 76:122) ʻalā haumeku ʻolokele, ʻalā lelekepue.
  • ʻAlā o ka maʻa, slingstone.
  • Kaʻalāwai (place name, Honolulu), the watery basalt.
• References:
  • PPN fatukalaa, PNP kalaa.

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• Related:
  • Iwi ʻalā. Cortical bone.
  • Pōhaku ʻalā. Boulder, in Hawaiʻi, referring to poi pounder-size stones and larger. Cf. nukahaku.

Smooth and round, as a waterworn pebble. ʻAlā o ka maʻa, sling stone. (Zek. 9:15.)

A hard rock found at Kaneleau, Puna, which was turned into smooth ovoid stones for slingstones. The wiliau, with its circular eddying motion in the ocean, shaped pieces of rock for this purpose. ʻāla o ka maʻa, slingstone. (Zek. 9:15.)

Dense waterwom volcanic stone (PE).