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1. nvs., Betrothal; betrothed, engaged.

• Related:
  • hoʻopalau Caus/sim.; To betroth in marriage; engaged.

2. nvt., Plow; to plow.

• Eng.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻōʻō palau.

1. vt., To tell tall tales, exaggerate, talk.

• Related:
  • hoʻopālau Same as above; to cause to tell tall tales.
• References:
  • PPN pa(a)lau.

2. n., War club; wooden implement with convex cutting edges, for cutting off ends of taro corm for planting (also pālau kōhi); knife.

3. n., Mat, wrapper.

• Related:
  • Pālaulau is commoner.
• References:
  • Cf. pālau kea, pālau moena, pālau ʻula.

4. Short for kōʻelepālau, a pudding of sweet potatoes and coconut cream.

• Related:
  • Kīʻoʻe pālau, a spoon used for stirring and dipping pālau pudding.

5. n., A variety of hīnālea, a fish.

6. n., Maui name for yam.

• Maui

7. n., A variety of taro.

iʻoa, Palau.

• Eng.

v., To lie; to misrepresent; to deceive; e wahahee, e hoopunipuni.

v., Hoopalau. To betroth. Puk. 21:9. To betroth; to give in marriage; to engage to marry.

s. A lie; a falsehood.

2. An instrument for cutting kalo tops; laau palau, me ka laau palau, o Kapahielihonua. Laieik. 167.

3. A species of yam; the same as the uhi.

4. Eng. A plow.

5. A species of fish, purple, striped.

1. n., A lie; a falsehood.

2. n., Wooden knife.

3. n., Name on the island of Maui of the yam, elsewhere called uhi.

4. n., A variety of the hinalea fish.

[Mod.] n., A plow.

v., To lie; to misrepresent; to deceive; e wahahee, e hoopunipuni.

v., See hoopalau, to betroth.