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1. vi., To creep, crawl; to move along, as a gentle breeze or shower; to walk bent over as in respect to a chief or as indicative of humility.

• Examples:
  • Ahe kolo, gentle-moving breeze.
  • Koa kolo, a sprawling koa tree.
• Related:
  • hoʻokolo Caus/sim.; To cause to creep, crawl; to follow a trail, track, clue; to trace to a source. Cf. hoʻokolokolo.
• References:
  • Cf. kolo manu and ex., ua #1.
  • PPN -tolo.

2. vt., To pull, tow, drag, to pull a seine.

• Related:
  • Moku kolo, tugboat.

3. n., Wagon tongue or shafts.

• Related:
  • Also: kolo kaʻa.

4. vi., To grumble.

5. interj., Call to fowl, pigs.

• Examples:
  • Kolo, kolo, kolo! Come, come, come!

6. Variant of kono #2, to attract birds.

7. Biblical liquid measure, about 420 pints.

• Related:
  • Also: koro.

• Related:
  • ʻAu kolo. Free-style or crawl, in swimming; to swim using this style.

1. v., To creep on all fours, as an infant.

2. To crawl, as a worm; to grope, as a blind man.

3. To crouch; to stoop, as an inferior to a superior.

4. To grow or run, as a lateral branch of a vine. Kin. 49:52.

5. To creep, run or penetrate, as the fine roots of a tree or plant into the earth; kolo lea ke aa malalo, to take root downward. 2 Nal. 19:30.

6. To urge, as in asking a favor; to persevere till one obtains the thing asked for.

7. To drive; to row swiftly, as a boat of a war ship.

8. Hookolo. Hookolo i ka nui manu o kakou. NOTE— In former times no common person was allowed to approach a high chief to ask a favor or deprecate his displeasure except on his hands and knees. See kolo. Also, when one was called to account for some delinquency, he was expected to come into the presence of the chief on all fours, and lie prostrate until ordered to look up; hence, in modern times, hookolokolo, to call to account; to have a trial; to try judicially. See hookolo and hookolokolo.

1. v., To creep on all fours, as an infaat.

2. v., To crawl, as a worm.

3. v., To grope, as a blind man.

4. v., To crouch.

5. v., To stoop, as an inferior to a superior.

6. v., To creep or crouch clandestinely; to move secretly.

7. v., To grow or run, as a lateral branch of a vine.

8. v., To creep, run or penetrate, as the fine roots of a tree or plant into the earth: kolo lea ke aa malalo, to take root downward.

9. v., To pull; to drag along. Syn: Koko and kauo.

To row swiftly, as a boat of a warship. (A.)

To crawl. No common person was allowed to address a chief for a favor unless on all fours.

To creep or crawl, as an infant; to crouch as an inferior.

to crawl.