KO-HO-LU-A
s. A hard polished bone used in piercing unborn infants. FIG. He papa koholua oi ke alii.
s. A hard polished bone used in piercing unborn infants. FIG. He papa koholua oi ke alii.
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.
Hard, polished bone used to induce abortion.
A sharp lance or bone-stick; abortion stick.
Instrument of polished stone for abortion. See ʻaōʻō.
Hard polished stone for feticide, a practice of early Hawaiʻi.
E huli iā “koholua” ma Ulukau.
Search for “koholua” on Ulukau.