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1. Reduplication of malama #1; light of knowledge, clarity of thinking or explanation, enlightenment; shining, radiant, clear.

• Examples:
  • Ka mālamalama o ka ʻākau, northern lights.
• Related:
  • hoʻomālamalama Caus/sim.; To cause light, brighten, illuminate, enlighten, inform, civilize.
• References:
  • PNP malamalama.

2. Coris ballieui, a fish; the name may be qualified by the colors ʻula and uli.

3. (Cap.) n., Star name, no data.

• References:
  • Kuhelani.

1. v., See ma and lama, a torch; also malama. To shine; to give light, as the sun or a luminous body.

2. Hoomalamalama. To enlighten; to cause light. Kin. 1:14, 15.

1. s., Light; the light of the sun or of the heavenly bodies; the light of a lamp or of a fire.

2. FIG. Supernatural light: light of the mind; knowledge; knowledge; of salvation; opposite to pouli o ka naau.

adj., Shining, as a light.

adj., Shining, as a light.

1. n., Light; the light of the sun or of the heavenly bodies; the light of a lamp or of a fire.

2. n., Fig. Supernatural light; light of the mind; knowledge; knowledge of salvation; opposite to pouli o ka naau.

[Ma and lama, a torch.]

1. v., To shine; to give light, as the sun or any luminous body; to be light.

2. v., To be enlightened; to be clear in thought.