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1. n., Tap root, main root; bottom, as of a pit or of a glass; ancestral root; foundation, source, cause.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka puni kālā ʻo ka mole nō ia o ka hewa (1 Tim. 6.10), love of money is the root of evil.
  • Hoʻi hou i ka mole, return to the family, as after estrangement.
• References:
  • Perhaps PNP mole .

2. vs., Smooth, round, bald.

• Related:
  • hoʻomole Caus/sim.; To smooth.
• References:
  • PNP mole .

3. n., Name of the smooth, uncarved side of a tapa beater, as used at the end of the beating to smooth out the cloth.

4. To linger, loiter, lag; backward.

• Related:
  • hoʻomole Caus/sim.; To cause delay; to delay.
• References:
  • And.

5. n., Bag in the pākuʻikuʻi net.

• References:
  • See ʻupena papa.

6. n., Mole.

• Source:
  • English.
• References:
  • Oihk. 11.29.

s. The principal root of a tree that runs straight downwards; also the large roots of a tree generally. (The small ones that branch out from them are called aa.)

2. The bottom of a pit; the bottom of the sea. Habak. 3:13.

3. FIG. A root, i.e., offspring; descendants from a root. Rom. 15:12.

4. One belonging to a family. Oihk. 25:47.

5. A cause; a means. 1 Tim. 6:10. A root; a foundation; aole i loaa ia'u ka mole o ka naauao, I have not obtained the principles of knowledge.

v. To linger; to lag behind; to be slow.

1. The principal root of a tree that runs straight downward; also the large roots of a tree generally. (The small ones that branch out from them are called aa.)

2. The bottom of a pit; the bottom of the sea; lowest part.

3. Fig. A root, that is, offspring; descendants from a root; one belonging to a family.

4. A cause; a means.

5. A root; a foundation: Aole i loaa ia'u ka mole o ka naauao, I have not obtained the principles of knowledge.

6. The plain portions of a carved ie kuku or tapa beater. Found in compounds descriptive of designs: molepupu, molekoeaupupu, etc.

1. To linger; to lag behind; to be slow.

2. To be firmly fixed.

Mole. (Oihk. 11:29.)

Smooth, uncarved side of a kapa beater which is also used to smooth the kapa at the end of the beating. (PE.)

Bottom of the sea. (A; Hab. 3:13.)

I. he wahi holoholona liilii, a maemae ole ma ke kanawai o Mose, Oihk. 11:29. Ua loaa no ia ma Palesetine.

tap root; foundation; principle element.