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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:
  • And.

kikino, Diagonal.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • E kau i kēia mau kikohoʻe i like ka huinanui ma nā lala pākahi me ka -3. Arrange these digits so that their total will be -3 on each diagonal.
• References:
  • See lala kūpono, kaha lala.

kikino, Split end, in football.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, New meaning
• References:
  • Cf. muku.
  • See ʻāwaʻa lala.

v., To begin a piece of work or a job.

2. To draw the outline of a piece of land desired; to mark out the plan or lines of what is to be done.

3. To set a copy for writing, as a teacher.

4. To make straight; to straighten, as a stick of timber that is sprung.

5. See LA, sun. To bask in the sunshine.

6. To be hot, as the sun.

s., The limb or branch of a tree; lala laau, branches of trees.

2. A limb of the human or animal frame.

3. The shining or glazing of varnish on leather.

4. The four corners of a house.

5. A species of potato bearing its fruit on the leaves. See alala.

adj., For laa, l inserted. See laa. Consecrated; set apart for a particular purpose; kala lala, money given for pious uses; aole oia i hookoe i kekahi mea me ka lala ole, he did not keep back from consecration.

adj., Diverging from; composed of branches.

1. n., The limb or branch of a tree; lala laau, branches of trees.

2. n., A limb of the "human or animal frame.

3. n., A member of any collective body.

4. n., A potato produced from a branch of the vine.

n., Brightness; sheen; the shining of light on a smooth surface.

v., The word requires the prefix hoʻo to complete its sense, as hoʻolala, to set apart for a particular purpose; to parcel out for distribution.

v., To mark with lines. See hoʻolala.

1. v., To make warm; to expose to gentle heat; to make warm or hot.

2. v., To make straight, as a stick that is bent.

I. Ua hoohalikeia na kanaka koikoi a me na'lii me ke kumu-laau, pela hoi ka lakou mau keiki, ua hoohalikeia me na lala a me na oha. Ua kapaia o Kristo 'ka Lala,' 'ka lala mailoko mai o ke kumu o Iese,' a o ka 'oha o kana aa,' Is. 11:1; 53:2; Zek. 3:8; 6:12; no ka mea, he mamo no ia o ka ohana alii o Davida, Ier. 23:5; 33:15. O keia olelo, lala, he mea ia e akaka'i ka hui pu ana o ka poe manaoio me Kristo, Ioa. 15:5, 6. Ma Ez. 8:17 he hoailona ia o ka hoomanakii, no ka halihali ana paha o ka lala ala ma ka hoomana ana i na Kii.

diagonal.