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nvs., Rot, stench, rottenness; to stink; putrid, spoiled, rotten, foul, decomposed.

• Examples:
  • Kū ka pilau, the stench rises.
• Related:
  • Maka pilau, rotten eyes, one with rotten eyes, a ghost.
  • Make pilau, complete defeat in a game.
  • hoʻopilau Caus/sim.; To cause a stench.
• References:
  • Cf. pilo, popopo.
  • PPN pilau .

v., To emit a loathsome smell; to emit stench, as a dead body or putrid matter. Ioan. 11:39. Morally as Kin. 34:30. To stink. Puk. 7:21.

2. To be hateful to one; to be disliked. 2 Sam. 10:6. To fill the air with putrid exhalations; e ino ke ea.

1. s., A stench; a stink; an unsavory smell.

2. FIG. Evil influence; vileness; ua ku ko’u pilau mai Hawaii a Kauai, my vileness extends from Hawaii to Kauai.

adj., Dirty; filthy; especially, of a bad smell.

adj., Dirty; filthy; especially, of a bad smell.

1. n., A stench; an unsavory smell.

2. n., Fig. An evil influence; vileness: Ua ku ko'u pilau mai Hawaii a Kauai, my vileness extends from Hawaii to Kauai.

1. v., To emit a loathsome smell; to emit stench, as a dead body or putrid matter; to frill the air with putrid exhalations.

2. v., Morally, to be loathsome.

3. v., To be hateful to one: to be disliked.