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1. nvi., Branch, limb, bough, coconut frond; timber, as of outrigger boom or float; wing of an army; to branch out, form branches, diverge.

• Examples:
  • Lālā ʻuʻuku, small branch, twig.
  • Lālā ʻole, without branches; figuratively, childless.
  • Lālā ola, person with offspring.
• Related:
  • hoʻolālā Caus/sim.; To cause to branch out, as by topping; to branch out; to lay out land areas; to mark with lines; to plan, make plans or projects (see ex., ʻōhio).
• References:
  • PPN raʻaraʻa.

2. n., Member, as of a society.

3. n., Term in fractions.

4. n., Slip, as of hibiscus.

• Related:
  • Also: lālā hoʻoulu.

5. n., Sweet potato produced on a branch vine.

6. n., Barb or hook, as of bone or coconut shell, on a mother-of-pearl lure; bone point of a composite hook.

7. n., Fins.

• References:
  • See lā #4.

1. nvs., Diagonal, slanting, oblique; diagonal surfing or surf.

• Examples:
  • Pā lala, to blow at an angle, of the wind.
  • Heʻe ana i ka lala lā, hoʻi ana i ka muku (song for Kalākaua), surf out diagonally, come back on the crest.
• Related:
  • Thrum's Annual, 1896, page 109, says that the lala is the seaward side of a wave building up to break; a third interpretation is that lala is a wave to the right, and muku a wave to the left.
  • hoʻolala Caus/sim.; To turn aside.
• References:
  • PCP lala.

2. vi., To warm, as over a fire, to warm oneself by a fire; to bask in the sun; to cook over a fire.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻōlala #2.
  • PPN lala, rara.

3. vs., Bright, shiny.

• References:
  • PPN lala.

4. vs., Thin.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻōlala.

5. n., Cap visor.

6. n., A small bait fish (no data).

7. vt., To straighten.

8. n., A style of diagonal quilting.

9. The four corners of a house.

• References:
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