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1. vs., Raw, as meat; inflamed; red, as a raw wound or as red earth.

• Examples:
  • Kole ka ihu, nose inflamed with cold.
  • Kole ka waha, wrangling and quarrelsome.
  • Kole ke ahi, fire that won't burn because of the dampness of the wood.
  • Kole ka ʻāina, the land is bare and red.
  • Mālama o kole ka lae, careful or your forehead will be skinned.
• Related:
  • hoʻokole Caus/sim.; Same as hoʻokolekole.
• References:
  • Cf. hakukole, kolekole, mākole, ʻōkole kaʻaka, koaka.
  • PPN tole.

2. n., Weak and spent, as an old plant.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻakole, mūʻokole.

3. n., Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus 🌐).

• Examples:
  • Kole maka onaona, sweet-eyed kole [said of attractive people, as the eye of this fish is considered beautiful].

4. nvt., Story; to tell stories, talk.

• Source:
  • English.

1. v., To be red, like raw meat; to be inflamed, as the eyes; as a wound; to be raw, as flesh with the skin off.

2. To shave the hair of the head closely.

3. To cause one to be naked; e hooolohelohe.

1. s., Redness; inflamed eyes, &C.

2. Name of a fish.

1. adj., Raw, as meat not fully cooked.

2. Inflamed; red, as an inflamed wound.

3. Used adverbially, you are denied; you are nothing, as in the sentence kolekole kou maka, i. e., the corner of your eye is red or pulu; down! you see that you are up a stump. See also kolekolemaka.

1. adj., Raw, as meat not fully cooked.

2. adj., Inflamed; red, as an inflamed wound.

3. adj., Used proverbially, as you are denied; you are nothing, as in the sentence kolekole kou maka, that is, the corner of your eye is red or pulu; down! you see that you are up a stump. See also kolekolemaka. Equivalent to "nothing doing."

1. n., Redness; the being red, as raw flesh.

n., A brown fish about eight to ten inches long. It takes its name from the redness of its eyes.

1. v., To be red, like raw meat.

2. v., To be inflamed, as the eyes; as a wound.

3. v., To be raw, as flesh with the skin off.

Story; to tell stories.

Yellow-eyed surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus). Has a yellow ring around the eye and a brown body. It lives in shallow water on the reef and reaches a length of 7 inches. Also called ʻoʻopu mākole.

Inflamed, red, as a raw wound.

raw; inflamed.