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lole

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. nvt., Cloth, clothes, costume, dress, gown; to wear clothes.

  • Examples:
    • Komo i ka lole, to put on a dress.
  • References:

2. vt., To unfold, turn inside out, reverse; to strip or peel off, as bark; to skin, flay (Mika 3.3); to scalp; to handle, turn over with the hands.

  • Examples:
    • Hele akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmaʻu … lālau ihola i ka ʻauwae (a Hākau) a lole aʻela i luna (FS 141), ʻŌmaʻokāmaʻu went … grabbed (Hākau's) chin and yanked it up.
  • Related:
    • Mea lole pipi, butcher.
    • hoʻolole Caus/sim.
  • References:
    • PCP lole.

3. n., Depigmentation, as of palm of hand or soles of feet.

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lole

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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