hiolo
nvi. To tumble down, collapse; overthrown, defeated; collapse, landslide, falling. E hiolo ana nā kapu kahiko, the ancient taboos collapse. hoʻo.hiolo To overthrow, demolish, raze.
nvi. To tumble down, collapse; overthrown, defeated; collapse, landslide, falling. E hiolo ana nā kapu kahiko, the ancient taboos collapse. hoʻo.hiolo To overthrow, demolish, raze.
v. Hi, flowing, and olo, to vibrate.
1. To tumble down, as a wall. Ios.6:20. To fall over, as a house.
2. To stumble or fall down, as a horse.
3. To roll away, i. e., pass away in forgetfulness; i ole e hioloia kona inoa.
4. To become useless or void.
5. Hoo. To throw down; to overthrow; to destroy, as a fortification. 2 Nal. 25:10.
6. To make void; to set aside, as a law. Rom. 3:31.
s. A tumbling down; a sliding away; a falling over.
A tumbling down; a sliding away; a falling over.
[Hi, flowing, and olo, to vibrate.]
1. To tumble down, as a wall. To fall over, as a house.
2. To fall; to cease to be erect .
3. To be broken up or scattered in falling.
4. To become useless or void in a moral or social sense.
5. To be overthrown or defeated. (A very expressive word, conveying the idea of a fall accompanied by a breaking up or destruction of what falls.)
Hiolo ka pohaku is an old native expression signifying thunder.
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