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nvs., Body hair, hair of eyelashes, fleece (Lunk. 6.37), wool, fur; hairy.

• References:
  • PPN fulufulu.

2. vs., Frayed, splintered, rough, not smooth, shaggy, bristling, feathery.

• Examples:
  • ʻEke huluhulu, gunny sack.
  • Lopi huluhulu, worsted thread.
  • Papa huluhulu, rough lumber.
• Related:
  • Also: ʻāhuluhulu.

3. n., Blanket.

• Examples:
  • Kūwili me kahi huluhulu moe kēhau o Miloliʻi, moving restlessly on a blanket lying on the dew of Miloliʻi [poetic].

4. n., Feathers.

• Examples:
  • Kū ā huluhulu Panaʻewa (chant), Panaʻewa has trees like plumes.
• References:
  • Cf. kauila huluhulu.
  • PPN fulufulu.

5. n., Down or fuzz on plant stems, rootlet.

6. Short for ʻahahuluhulu, a bristle worm.

7. Same as maʻo, cotton.

8. n., Kinds of seaweeds and mosses.

9. n., Flannel.

s., See hulu. Cotton; a fleece blanket; a fleece of wool. Lunk. 6:37. The hair of an animal; feathers, &c.

adj., Hairy; covered with hair, feathers, wool, &c.

adj., [Intensive of hulu, hair.] Having overmuch hair; hairy; covered with hair. (Applied only to hair on the human body, excluding the hair of the head and face.) Hair on the head is called lauoho; on the face umiumi.

[Hulu, wool.]

1. n., A fleece blanket; a fleece of wool.

2. n., The fine hairy out-growth from the skin of animals or the surface of plants.

3. n., Sleeping garment made of wool; woolen blanket.

wool blanket, blanket: hairy.