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nvi., Mistake, blunder, going astray; to go astray, wander, blunder, err, gad about, have sexual affairs, miss the way.

  • Examples:
    • Lalau ka noʻonoʻo, to wander mentally.
    • Lalau wale, to wander aimlessly.
    • Lalau ka ʻōlelo, to talk nonsense or wander in talking.
    • He lalau! Nonsense!
    • ʻO ia hele lalau wale iho nō e hele lalau ai! Just wandering aimlessly and to no purpose!
    • Ke lalau wale lā ʻo Puna i Ka-lalau (saying), Puna strays to The-stray [many puns illustrating a wandering mind refer to Ka-lalau, Kauaʻi: see Pukui, Elbert, and Mookini].
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lālau

/ lā.lau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To seize, take hold of, grasp, reach out for, pick up, hold fast.

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1. v., To extend out, as the hand; to lay one’s hand on a thing; e lalau wale iho no.

2. To seize; to catch hold of. Puk. 4:4. To take out of or from. Oihk. 5:12.

3. To undertake on one’s own account.

4. To wander; to err; to go out of the right way; hele hewa.

5. To err. Nah. 15:22. SYN. with hana hewa naaupo. To mistake; to make a blunder. Mat. 22:29. To act carelessly; to be inattentive.

6. To wander about as a gossip. 1 Tim. 5:13.

7. To take without liberty; e lalau wale.

8. To turn aside from right. 1 Nal. 9:9. To err in heart. Heb. 3:10. Lalau no na lima i ka hewa me ka makau ole, the hands indeed seized upon wickedness without fear.

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s., A mistake; an error; a blunder. Iob. 19:4. Hoolalau. A leading astray; a causing to err (morally.) Isa. 3:12.

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lalau

ʻaʻanostative verb / LA-LAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Seizing; catching up things, as a child; mischievous; wicked; violating good morals; dispersed; scattered.

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lalau

ʻaʻanostative verb / lā'-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Seizing; catching up things as a child; meddlesome.

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lalau

kikinonoun / lā'-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A mistake; an error; a blunder.

2. n., A leading astray; a causing to err morally.

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lalau

/ lā'-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To take hold of; to seize; to take out of or from.

2. v., To err; to go astray.

3. v., To blunder; to mistake; to wander.

4. v., To be incoherent.

5. v., To turn aside from right; to err in heart: Lalau no na lima i ka hewa me ka makau ole, The hands indeed seized upon wickedness without fear.

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