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kuailo

/ kua.ilo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To give up, as a riddle; to be unable to answer; expression used in riddling.

  • Examples:
    • The person who can not guess a riddle says: Kuailo! I can't guess the answer, you tell me. If the riddler doesn't want to give the answer, he may reply tartly: ʻEu nō ka ilo, make! Maggots move! Defeated! Kuailo ʻana, answer.
    • Ā penei ke kuailo ʻana (Kel. 90), this is the answer.

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kuailo

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to explain some enigma.

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