1. Reduplication of olo #1, olo #2; to saw back and forth; corrugated; roiled, as streams.
2. vs., Long and narrow, as a head; elongated, oblong, oval.
3. n., A variety of watermelon.
4. vs., Rough, as the surface of a washboard.
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1. Reduplication of ʻolo #2; to hang too low, as a petticoat; to hang loose and long; to hang (as coconuts).
2. vi., To overflow, flood, as streams.
3. vi., To loiter, lag.
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v. See OLO. To hang loosely, as fat under the chin or on the calf of the leg.
2. To vibrate or swing, as a saw. Isa. 10:15.
3. To fall behind; to loiter.
4. To lose favor with one.
5. To be denied that which was before freely given. See OLOOLO below.
s. The calf of the leg, from the flexibility of the muscle.
2. A bundle done up loosely; a loose bundle of poi.
O ka puhi o ke ale la a hu
Ka oloolo o ka hee o kai uli la,
Lehu ka hooloolo o ka alaala.
v. See OLO. To make a great sound of wailing, or as many wailing together.
2. To roar or rush, as the sound of water; mai hooloolo oukou e ku auanei i ke au; o ka mea e hooloolo ana ia ia e ku oia i ke au; oloolo na kahawai ku ka pihea i kai, the brooks roar like the roaring of the sea. NOTE.—It is not easy to see the connection between olo—oloolo to sound, as the voice of wailing, and olo—oloolo to swing, vibrate, &c., unless the latter be the radical meaning, and the voice of wailing be so expressed on account of the vibratory motion of the voice in mourning and wailing.
s. A sound like many horns blown at once.
1. The calf of the leg, from the flexibility of the muscle.
2. A bundle done up loosely; a loose bundle of poi. (Oloolo was used in song, pualo in prose.)
O ka puhi o ke ale la, ahu ka oloolo.
O ka hee o kai uli la,
Lehu ka hooloolo o ka alaala.
A roaring; a sound like many horns blown at once.
[Olo, to rub or roll.]
1. To hang loosely, as fat under the chin or on the calf of the leg.
2. To vibrate or swing, as a saw.
3. To fall behind; to loiter.
[Olo, to wail.]
1. To make a great sound of wailing, or as many wailing together.
2. To roar or rush, as the sound of water: mai hooloolo oukou e ku auanei i ke au; o ka mea e hooloolo ana ia ia e ku oia i ke au; oloolo nakahawai ku ka pihea i kai, the brooks roar like the roaring of the sea. (It is not easy to see the connection between olo, oloolo to sound, as the voice of wailing, and olo, oloolo to swing. vibrate, etc., unless the latter be the radical meaning, and the voice of wailing be so expressed on account of the vibratory motion of the voice in mourning and wailing.)
calf of leg; to hang loosely; a garment too long.
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