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1. vs. Soft, decomposed, especially of fish; weakening. ʻAʻohe mai luku ʻē aʻe nāna e melu a nome aku, ʻo ka rama, moekolohe, like pū (chant), no other destructive disease is as weakening and continuing as liquor, adultery, [and] such. hoʻo.melu To cause a decomposition, to leave (as fish) until decomposition begins. Iʻa hoʻomelu, fish, such as hīnālea, slightly decomposed, then salted and seasoned with kukui-nut relish, chili peppers, etc. (PCP melu.)

2. To pull out, as the beard. (And.)

v. To pull out the beard.

2. To swell; to be soft.

s. The act of pulling out the beard as Hawaiians did formerly.

2. Softness; a swelling.

adj. Soft, as fish long caught.

Soft, as fish long caught.

1. The act of pulling out the beard as Hawaiians did formerly.

2. Softness; a swelling.

1. To pull out the beard.

2. To be swelled; to be soft.