polapola
/ pola.pola /1. nvi., Recovered from sickness; well, after sickness; to get well, convalesce; filling out, as after loss of weight; sprouting, as a bud.
- Examples:
- Polapola iki, a little better.
2. (Cap.) nvs., Tahiti, Borabora; Tahitian.
- References:
- PCP Polapola.
3. Same as hēʻī, the Tahitian banana.
4. Reduplication of pola #1; flapping.
- Examples:
- Lālau koke aʻela i ka lauʻī, ʻawapuhi, kīhae ihola a polapola ihola ma ka ʻāʻī (Kep. 95), quickly grabbing ti leaves, ginger, tearing and flapping them about the neck.
5. (Cap.) n., Star name, paired with the star Melemele.
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