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vt., To overturn, overthrow, capsize, upset.

• Related:
  • hoʻokahuli Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN tafuli .

1. vi., To change, alter.

• Examples:
  • Ua kāhuli ke ʻano, the appearance is changed.
• Related:
  • hoʻokāhuli Caus/sim.
    • ʻO Pāʻao ka mea nāna i hoʻokāhuli i ka lāhui Hawaiʻi nei ma ka hoʻomana kiʻi (Kep. 21), Pāʻao was the one who converted the Hawaiian people to idol worship.
• References:
  • PPN tafuli .

2. n., Land shells (Philonesia 🌐 spp.).

3. n., Sport or mutant, as of sweet potato.

v. See HULI. To change; to turn over; to upset.

2. To overturn; to confound, as a language.

3. Hoo. To overturn; to overthrow; to pervert. Tit. 1:14. Hookahuli i ka pono, to pervert judgment. 1 Sam. 8:3.

4. To overthrow, as a city. Kin. 19:25.

5. To change; to confound; to confuse, as a language. Kin. 11:7.

s. A change; an overthrow; an overturning.

2. Uprightness; correctness.

3. The singing or sounds of what Hawaiians suppose to be snails. Laieik. 149.

4. The snails themselves.

A change; an overthrow; an overturning.

1. The singing or sounds attributed by the Hawaiians to land shells. "E lohe auanei oe i ka leo o na kahuli e ikuwa ana; You will hear the voices of the kahuli in chorus.

2. The shells or snails themselves.

To be changed; to be turned round; to be upset (intransitive). Hookahuli is the transitive form.