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kali

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvi., To wait, loiter, linger, tarry; loiterer; hesitant, slow.

  • Examples:
    • Kali iki, wait a moment, just a minute.
    • He kali koʻu waha, ā he kali hoʻi koʻu elelo (Puk. 4, 10), I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokali Caus/sim.; To cause to wait, delay; lingering, slow, as a disease.
  • References:
    • PPN tali.

2. n., Vagina.

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kālī

/ kā.lī / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., Spine, spindle, rod; string, as used to thread things upon, as flowers for a lei, or candlenuts for a torch; long vine or runner, as of sweet potato.

  • Examples:
    • Kālī iʻa, string of fish.
  • References:

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