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kauwelu

/ kau.welu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

Variant of kauwele.

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KAU-WE-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

v. To put up some signal that the year has past and that a new year is begun; ma ka malama o Ikuwa e kauwelu ai ka makahiki.

Kauwelu (kă'u-wē'-lu), v.

/ kă'u-wē'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker,

[Kau, to hang, and welu, a shred or fragment of tapa.] To set in view conspicuously a piece of cloth as a signal or sign. (These signals were used to impart knowledge of appointed times and seasons, tabus, warnings, etc.

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