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Lawe, hāpai, hali, halihali.

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  • Ways to carry: amo, ʻauamo (on shoulders); lawe lima (in hands); hāʻawe, hōʻawe, waha (on back); painuʻu (on hips); kauālupe, kaʻiālupe (suspended between others); also: hiʻilawe, ʻawe, ʻāhaʻi, wālua, hiʻi, hiʻilei, hiʻikua, pōhākiʻikiʻi, kālawe, puʻualu, pualau, hāpai pū, kuiʻēʻē.
  • To carry to and fro, kaʻi lewa, kaʻikaʻikū, halihali, hauhauhali, hali hele, paialewa.
  • To cause to carry, hoʻohali.
  • To carry on, continue, hoʻomau, hoʻokū (as a name).

To palm or carry (the ball), in basketball. Poholuna.

e lawe, e halihali, e amo.

hai. e lawe, e halihali.

la’wě, hă’lĭ, hă’lĭha’lĭ, hāpaĭ, ‘a’wě (obsolete) ; (on shoulder), ‘āŭă’mŏ, ā’mŏ (archaic); (with yoke), ‘āŭă’mŏ; (on back), hāă’wě, wa’hă (archaic); (as a child in arms), hĭ‘ĭ; (in hands), kă‘ĭkă‘ĭ, la’wě; (on stick between two), kŏĭ, kă‘ĭkă‘ĭ; (as corpse), hŏ‘ŏlě’wă.

1. E lawe; e hali; e halihali. 2. E amo. To carry on the shoulder. 3. To carry on the back, e waha; e haawe.