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KO-HO-LU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A hard polished bone used in piercing unborn infants. FIG. He papa koholua oi ke alii.

Koholua (kō'-hŏ-lū'-a), n.

/ kō'-hŏ-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. An abortive instrument of polished bone.

2. The word was applied figuratively to the decisive methods of the high chiefs. He papa koholua oi ke alii; the chief is a sharp koholua.

koholua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hard, polished bone used to induce abortion.

koholua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

A sharp lance or bone-stick; abortion stick.

koholua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Instrument of polished stone for abortion. See ʻaōʻō.

koholua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hard polished stone for feticide, a practice of early Hawaiʻi.

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