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n. Tail end, as of a strip of pandanus plaiting. Cf. huelo. He wahi huehuelo manaʻo kēia, this is a trivial bit of idea.

s. See HUELO. The tail end of a thing; the last of it; nolaila, ke hai aku nei au i keia wahi huehuelo manao, wherefore, I declare this tail end of a thought (last idea); loaa mai o ka huehuelo wale no, aole o ke kino pu kekahi, I obtained the tail only, not the body with it.

Huehuelo (hū'-ĕ-hŭ-ē'-lo), n.

/ hū'-ĕ-hŭ-ē'-lo / Parker Haw to Eng,

[From huelo, tail.]

1. The tail end of a thing; the last of it; Nolaila, ke hai aku nei au i keia wahi huehuelo manao, Wherefore, I declare this tail end of a thought (last idea); Loaa mai o ka huehuelo wale no, aole o ke kino pu kekahi, I obtained the tail only, not the body with it.

2. Small strip-like remnant of anything.

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