milo
1. n. A tree to 12 m high (Thespesia populnea), found on coasts of the eastern tropics; used for shade, the wood for calabashes, other parts of the tree in many ways, as for medicine, dye, oil, gum. It is related to the hau and resembles it somewhat. (Neal 563–4.) (PPN milo.)
2. nvt. Curl; to curl, twist, as sennit strands; to whirl, as water; to spin, as a tale; abortion. Cf. ʻōmilo. Milo liʻi, fine twisting [as sennit]. Milo ʻia ka moʻolelo, the tale was told. (PPN milo.)