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palaka

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. nvs. Indifferent, inactive, uninterested, lax, listless, apathetic, oblivious, careless or negligent in doing something, as going to church; disinterest, indifference. (FS 111.) Cf. kūpalaka. Palaka ka naʻau (Mat. 13.15), the heart has grown dull. hoʻo.palaka To feign indifference; indifferent, etc. (Isa. 6.1O.)

2. n. A fish (no data).

3. n. A checkered shirt, usually blue and white, of block-print cloth; in the 19th century, a coarse work shirt worn by males, known then in English as a “frock”, mentioned frequently in the literature and especially in Peter Kaʻeo's letters in 1873–4 to his cousin, Queen Emma (Korn 1976, pp. 14–38), and hence probably from English “frock” rather than from “block”.

4. n. Block, as block and tackle. Eng.

palaka

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino Shirt, with short or long sleeves. Mān. See entries below. Palaka aloha. Aloha shirt.

palaka

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino Plug. Niʻihau (Eng.). See niho palaka, puka uila. Palaka uila. Electrical plug. Palaka niho lua. Two-pronged plug. Palaka niho kolu. Three-pronged plug.

palaka

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino Block, i.e. the child's toy. Dic., ext. mng. See pōlaka.

PA-LA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

v. Pa and laka, to tame. To be inactive; to be inattentive; to be indifferent to what interests others; to be inefficient.

2. To live without thought or care.

3. To be dull or stupid; to be slow of apprehension; applied to the moral powers. Mat. 13:15.

4. Hoo. To cause one's self to be indifferent; to harden one's heart; to be unbelieving in great and solemn truths. Isa. 6:10.

PA-LA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. A disposition of heart opposed to religious truth; hard-heartedness; stupidity; moral insensibility; indifference.

2. The name applied to a short shirt; he wahi palule pokole.

PA-LA-KA

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

adj. Inactive; stupid; careless; inefficient; indifferent.

Palaka (pă'-lā'-ka), adj.

/ pă'-lā'-ka / Haw to Eng, Parker,

Inactive; stupid; careless; inefficient; indifferent.

Palaka (pă'-lā'-ka), n.

/ pă'-lā'-ka / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. Indifference; unconcern; forgetfulness.

2. [Mod.] A short shirt; he wahi palule pokole.

Palaka (pă'-lā'-ka), v.

/ pă'-lā'-ka / Haw to Eng, Parker,

[Pa and laka, to be tame.] To be inactive; to be inattentive; to be indifferent to what interests others; to be inefficient.

2. To live without thought or care.

3. To be dull or stupid; to be slow of apprehension.

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