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1. Reduplication of ʻula #1; bay, as a horse.

• Examples:
  • ʻUlaʻula o ke ahi, the red of fire; figuratively, a flush of intoxication, newly distilled liquor.
  • ʻIli ʻulaʻula a naʻau ʻulaʻula, venom-tongued and heart filled with hate.
• Related:
  • hōʻulaʻula Caus/sim.; To redden, make red.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula lehelehe, lipstick.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula papālina, rouge.
• References:
  • PPN kulakula .

2. n., Various red snappers of the family Lutjanidae 🌐 as Etelis marshi.

• Related:
  • Varieties are qualified by the terms hiwa, koaʻe (tropic bird, perhaps named because of the long streamer on the fishʻs tail thought to resemble the bird), maoli, ʻōpūlauoho.

3. n., A native variety of taro, with red or purple petioles, small leaf blades with purple piko, reddish flowers, the corms used for both poi and table taro, grown in wetland and upland culture.

• Related:
  • ʻUlaʻula may be qualified by the terms kumu, moano, and poni.
• References:
  • Whitney 50–52.

4. The cardinal, Kentucky cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis 🌐), established in about 1930

5. n., Blood.

6. n., A red tapa.

7. n., A variety of sugar cane.

• References:
  • HP 222, 225.

• Related:
  • Manu ʻulaʻula. Cardinal. Also: manu mākaʻi.