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nvs., Cool, refreshing; soft, supple, flexible, pliant, elastic, slack, springy; pleasant, comfortable, at ease; polite, kind, courteous; coolness; softness, grace, slackness; comfort, amenities; courtesy, kindness.

  • Examples:
    • Ka ʻolu o ka noho ʻana (Kep. 97), the amenities of life.
    • ʻOlu kona kino i ka hula, her body is supple in the hula.
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vs. Soft-shelled, as of a crab (pāpaʻi) or lobster (ula).

v. To feel comfortably; to be agreeable; to have the sensation of satisfaction.

2. To please; to be pleased; to regard with favor.

3. To be cool, as with a salubrious breeze; olu ka wai ke luu aku; olu ka makani ke pa mai koaniani; olu Lahainaluna i ka makani maaa.

s. The vibrations or springing motion of the rafters of a house made by the wind. See UPAIPAI.

2. An arch; a bending of timber in a house; a bending or yielding without breaking.

3. The squirming contortions of a worm on a fish-hook. See HOLU, PIO, &c.

adj. Cool; refreshing. Lunk. 5:28. Comfortable; easy; pleasant to the sight; benign; contented.

2. Clear; pleasant, as the voice; o ka olu o ka leo ka mea i akaka ai kona manao, the clearness of the voice makes clear the thought.

3. Limber, so as to bend in all directions without breaking. See OLU, s.

s. A cool breeze; he koaniani.

2. Coolness; a refreshing sensation.

adj. Epithet of certain kinds of fish or shells; as, ka papai olu; ka ulu olu; he wahi leho olu.

Olu (o'-lu), adj.

/ o'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Cool; refreshing. Lunk. 5:28 Comfortable; easy; pleasant to the sight; benign; contented.

2. Clear; pleasant, as the voice: O ka olu o ka leo ka mea i akaka ai kona manao, the clearness of the voice makes clear the thought.

3. Limber, so as to bend in all directions without breaking.

4. Tender, as fish or meat.

Olu (o-lu'), n.

/ o-lu' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Certain kinds of fish or shells; ka papai olu; ka ulu olu; he wahi papai olu.

Olu (o'-lu), n.

/ o'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The vibrations or springing motion of the rafters of a house made by the wind. Syn: Upaipai.

2. An arch; a bending of timber in a house; a bending or yielding without breaking.

3. Softness; suppleness.

4. Coolness in the atmosphere.

5. A sensation of comfort.

6. Sensual pleasure.

7. A being relieved.

Olu (o'-lu), v.

/ o'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To feel well disposed; to be agreeable; to have the sensation of satisfaction.

2. To be pleased; to regard with favor.

3. To be cool, as with a salubrious breeze: olu ka wai ke luu aku; olu ka makani ke pa mai koaniani; olu Lahainaluna i ka makani maaa.

ʻOlu

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Ka-imu-kī, Honolulu. (TM.) Lit., cool.

To be cool, as with a salubrious breeze; a cool breeze, kōaniani.

supple, flexible; elastic.

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