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Poʻolipilipi

/ Poʻo-lipi.lipi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

n., A rain associated with Kalihi, Oʻahu, and Hilo, Hawaiʻi (For. 5:119). Literally, adzelike head, said to be so called because this heavy rain forced the people to spend so much time sleeping that their heads were sharpened as though by an adze.

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