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KūmoleSource:

1. nvt., To skin, peel, file, rasp, make a groove; to strip, as sugar-cane leaves from the stalk; furrow.

  • Examples:
    • Hole Waimea i ka ihe a ka makani (name song for Kamehameha I, Elbert and Mahoe 52), Waimea strips the spear of the wind [the wind refers to warriors, and the song describes their making of spears].
  • References:

2. vi., To squirm, twist, turn, fidget; to caress passionately.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Puka (usually of a perforation); lua (with a bottom); haka (breach).

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

puka, he lua.

Rasp.

h. he lua, he nahae, he puka, he hamama.

pu'kă; (pit), lu'ă; (cave), (ke) ā'nă; (tear), năhaě.

to groove.

He puka; he lua.

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