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1. n. Brains, bone marrow. Kau ka lā i ka lolo, the sun rests on the brains [it is noon; usually now without other connotation, but formerly believed a time with great mana as a man's aka (shadow, image) was no longer visible and was thought to have entered his sacred head—Nānā 123–4]. Lolo ʻeleu, active mind or intelligence. (PPN lolo, oily; PEP brains; cf. lololo 2.)

2. nvs. Religious ceremony at which the brain of the sacrificed animal was eaten (such ceremonies occurred at a canoe launching, start of journey, completion of instruction); to have completed the lolo ceremony, hence expert, skilled. He lolo ʻau moana, seafaring expert. Aʻo ihola ʻo Hale-mano i ka hula … pau ke aʻo ʻana, lolo ihola i ka puaʻa (FS 275), Hale-mano learned the hula … after learning, a pig was offered ceremonially.

3. n. Pithy, white sponge in a sprouting coconut. Also iho.

4. n. Long slender pole placed above the second ridgepole of a house, functioning as a batten for the attachment of additional layers of thatch. Also lolo ʻiole.

5. n. First brew made from ti root.

6. Short for hīnālea ʻakilolo, a fish. (PCP lolo.)

7. Same as holowaʻa, sheath covering coconut flowers.

8. interj. Serves you right! I told you so!

vs. Paralyzed, numb, feeble-minded, crazy. Lōlō moe hālau, stupid one who sleeps in a workshop [a lazybones]. See paka lōlō. hoʻo.lō.lō To pretend paralysis, stupidity; to pretend to be asleep.

kikino Brain. Dic. See entries below.

v. To punish; to fine for delinquency.

2. To ordain; to appoint.

s. The brain of a person or animal; lolo poo. Anat. 49.

2. The marrow of the bones; lolo iwi.

3. The seat of thought; ke kumu o ka manao ma ke poo. NOTE.—This is a modern idea: the ancient Hawaiians supposed the seat of thought to be in the naau.

4. The palsy; feebleness or disuse of one's limbs. Mat. 4:24.

5. A person afflicted with the palsy.

6. A person very awkward at doing anything as though he had not the use of his limbs.

7. The sheath that surrounds a young cocoanut.

s. The name of the hog sacrificed on the finishing of a canoe; alaila, lolo ka waa, hoomana hou no i ke akua; e hoolohe mai oe i ka maikai o ka lolo ana o ka waa.

adj. Palsied; lying helpless.

2. Indolent; lazy.

3. Crazy; insane.

4. Tall; slender, as a man.

interj. An expression of triumph over the ills of another; same as akola. See OLOLO.

1. Palsied; lying helpless.

2. Indolent; lazy.

3. Crazy; insane.

Same as lolopaioa, tall.

An expression of triumph over the ills of another; same as akola.

1. The brain of a person or animal; lolo poo.

2. The marrow of the bones, lolo iwi.

3. The seat of thought, ke kumu o ka manao ma ke poo. [This is a modern idea; the ancient Hawaiians supposed the seat of thought to be in the naau.]

4. The hog sacrificed on the finishing of a canoe, alaila, lolo ka waa, hoomana hou no i ke akua, e hoolohe mai oe i ka maikai o ka lolo ana o ka waa.

5. Religious ceremony at the launching of a canoe.

6. The sheath that surrounds the young coconut.

1. The palsy; feebleness or disuse of one's limbs.

2. A person afflicted with the palsy.

3. A person very awkward at doing anything as though he had not the use of his limbs.

To be paralyzed.

To mock at; to tantalize; to deride for being punished or for some misfortune or ill-luck.