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vs. Very hot, fiery, glowing. Ka-lani-nui-kua-liholiho-i-ke-kapu (name for Ka-mehameha II), the great chief with the burning back taboo [he could not be approached from behind].

adj. Very hot.

Liholiho (lī'-hŏ-lī'-ho), adj.

/ lī'-hŏ-lī'-ho / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. Very hot.

2. Fiery; glowing.

Dormitory, Ka-mehameha Schools, built in 1940; school, Ka-imu-kī; and street, Makiki, Honolulu, named for Ka-mehameha II, who was also called Ka-lani-nui-kua-liholiho-i-ke-kapu (the great chief [with the] burning-back taboo), referring to the taboo against approaching him from the back. Lit., glowing (see PE, liholiho).

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