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1. n., Reef flats, bare reef.

• Related:
  • Kai kohola, lagoon.
• References:
  • PPN tofola.

2. The first law a chief promulgates, a strict law.

• References:
  • And.

1. s., A reef; a dry place in the sea a little way from the main land.

2. A place of very shallow water some distance from the shore like Kalia on Oahu; also some places still more shallow or dry, as at Kona on Molokai.

3. A whale from his spouting water, raising up water like a reef. NOTE.—The flesh of the whale was forbidden to women under the kapu system. Something like the surf as it breaks on the outer reef.

4. The name of the first law which a chief promulgates; a very strict law.

1. n., A reef; a dry place in the sea a little way from the main land.

2. n., A place of very shallow water some distance from the shore, like Kalia on Oahu; also some places still more shallow or dry, as at Kona on Molokai.

n., A whale.

Bare reef, reef flats; shallow place of water some distance from the shore like Kalia on Oʻahu and as at Kona, Molokaʻi.

I. oia ka ia nui o na ia a pau, Kin. 1:21. Ma Ez. 32:2, he kerokodila paha ke ano, a pela hoi ma Hal. 74:13; Is. 27:1; 51:9; Ez. 29:3. Kohola paha ka ia nui i ale iho ia Iona, aole maopopo loa. I ka wa kahiko, ua loaa no na kohola ma ke Kaiwaenahonua, a me na mano nui no hoi.

reef flats; bare reef.