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1. n., Name applied to the species of Scomberoides 🌐, fish.

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  • PPN lai .

2. n., Rye.

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  • English.
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  • Also: rai, huapalaoa ʻeleʻele.

1. s., Used for lani, the heavens, especially when the sky is clear and the weather calm; e ke alii wahine o ka lai. Laieik. 154.

2. A calm still place in the sea where there is no ripple and the sea is like a looking-glass.

3. Any calm still place; e noho mai a i ka lai o Lele.

4. Still, as water; pohu, malie o ka lai. See malino.

5. Any still, silent place; he wahi mehameha, hakanu.

1. s., The leaf of the ki plant. See laui and lauki.

2. Name of a species of fish.

1. v., To be calm; to make no noise; to be silent; ua lai loa ia po, it was very still that night.

2. Hoolai. To quiet; to appease, as a mob. Oih. 19:35.

3. To be quiet, as the elements.

adj., Calm; still; quiet; shining, as the surface of the sea in a calm.

adj., Calm; still; quiet; shining, as the surface of the sea in a calm.

1. n., Used for lani, the heavens, especially when the sky is clear and the weather calm; e ke alii wahine o ka lai.—Laieik. p. 154.

2. n., A calm place in the sea where there is no ripple and the sea is like a looking-glass.

3. n., Any calm still place: e noho mai a i ka lai o Lele.

4. n., Still, as water; pohu, malie o ka lai. Syn: malino.

5. n., Any still, silent place; he wahi mehameha.

1. n., [Contraction of lauki.] The leaf of the ti plant, also called laui.

2. n., A variety of surgeon fish. (Zebrasoma flavescens), also called laipala. Color, brownish yellow crossed by straight bars of deeper color.

v., To be calm; to make no noise; to be silent; ua lai loa ia po, It was very still that night.

Runner, skin fish (Scombroides lysan), St. Peterʻs leather (S. sanctipetri) of older literature. It is a bright slate-blue, tapering to a silver-white on the belly. Lives in shallow water along the coasts, growing to 25 inches.