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1. n., Brains, bone marrow.

• Examples:
  • 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.
• Related:
  • 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.

• Examples:
  • He lolo ʻau moana, seafaring expert.
  • Aʻo ihola ʻo Halemano i ka hula … pau ke aʻo ʻana, lolo ihola i ka puaʻa (FS 275), Halemano learned the hula … after learning, a pig was offered ceremonially.

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

• Related:
  • 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.

• Related:
  • Also: lolo ʻiole.

5. n., First brew made from ti root.

6. Short for hīnālea ʻakilolo, a fish.

• References:
  • PCP lolo.

7. Same as holowaʻa, sheath covering coconut flowers.

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

kikino, Brain.

• Source:
  • Dic.

1. v., To punish; to fine for delinquency.

2. To ordain; to appoint.

1. 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.

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

2. n., A person afflicted with the palsy.

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

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

v., To be paralyzed.

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

2. n., The marrow of the bones, lolo iwi.

3. n., 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. n., 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. n., Religious ceremony at the launching of a canoe.

6. n., The sheath that surrounds the young coconut.

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

adj., Same as lolopaioa, tall.

1. adj., Palsied; lying helpless.

2. adj., Indolent; lazy.

3. adj., Crazy; insane.

Hog sacrificed on the finishing of the canoe. The hogʻs brain was eaten at this time.

Hog sacrificed upon finishing or launching a canoe, or start- ing a journey.

Brains, bone marrow.

Lawyer.

Sheath covering the coconut flower. (A.) Pithy, white sponge in a sprouting coconut.

Name of the hog sacrificed on the finishing of a canoe, start of a journey, or completion of instruction.

I kekahi manawa, ua lolo kekahi aoao o ke kino, a i kekahi manawa, o ke kino okoa. Aole hiki ke hoo-nee. He mai ane hiki ole ke hoola, Mat. 4:24; 12:10: 3-12. O 'ka lima maloo,' Mar. 2:1, he lolo paha ia. He wahi lolo o ka uhane, o Iesu wale no e hiki ke hoola.

brain, marrow