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pili.pili.ʻula

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. A close blood relationship to one of high rank; this was said by persons entering the hale nauā, desirous of asserting their royal blood. (Malo 199, Emerson note.) Lit., red relationship [red was a sacred color].

pili.piliʻula

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Same as mānienie ʻula, a grass; also Desmodium uncinatum on Niʻihau.

PI-LI-PI-LI-U-LA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Pilipili (see PILI,) and ula, red. A species of small, low bearded grass, the beards of which adhere tightly to the dress of one walking through it. See MANIANIAULA.

pilipiliʻula

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Small, stiff, weedy grass (Chrysopogon aciculatus), from southeastern Asia. It forms mats and bears a narrow head of reddish, barbed spikelets, which stick to peopleʻs clothes and animalsʻ coats. (NEAL 80.)

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