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1. nvt., To twist, braid, spin; twisted, braided; threadlike; faint streak of light.

• Examples:
  • Ua hilo ʻia i ke aho a ke aloha, braided with the cords of love.
  • He olonā i hilo ʻia (Puk. 26.1), fine twined linen .
• Related:
  • hoʻohilo Caus/sim. Rare
• References:
  • See lei hilo.
  • PPN filo.

2. (Cap.) n., First night of the new moon.

• References:
  • See Malo 35.
  • PCP filo.

3. (Cap.) n., Name of a famous Polynesian navigator for whom the city and district may have been named.

• References:
  • See sayings, Hilo (English-Hawaiian)
  • PCP filo.

4. Same as mauʻu Hilo, Hilo grass.

5. n., Gonorrhea; a running sore.

• References:
  • Oihk. 15.3.

6. n., A variety of sweet potato.

7. See iwi hilo.

• Related:
  • Aʻa kino hilo. Femoral vein.
  • Aʻa puʻuwai hilo. Femoral artery.
  • Iwi hilo. Femur, i.e. the long bone of the thigh.

1. v., To twist, as a string on the thigh; to twist with the thumb and fingers.

2. To spin; to turn, as in twisting. See hili, milo, wili, &c.

1. adj., Thready; threadlike.

2. adj., Spun; drawn out and twisted into threads.

1. n., The first night in which the new moon can be seen (like a twisted thread): o hilo ka po mua no ka puahilo ana o ka mahina.

2. n., Gonorrhea.

1. v., To twist with two or three strands, as a Hawaiian rolls a string on his thigh.

2. v., To twist with the thumb and fingers.

3. v., To spin; to turn, as in twisting. See hili, milo, wili, etc.