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pulu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Wet, moist, soaked, saturated.

  • Examples:
    • Pulu au i ka huna kai, I am soaked by spray.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopulu Caus/sim.; To wet, soak, moisten, saturate.
      • Nā paipu hoʻopulu pāka, park sprinkler system.
  • References:
    • PCP pulu.

2. n., A soft, glossy, yellow wool on the base of tree-fern leaf stalks (Cibotium spp. 🌐). It was used to stuff mattresses and pillows and at one time was exported to California. Hawaiians stuffed bodies of their dead with pulu after removing vital organs.

3. nvt., Any greenery or underbrush cut to be used as mulch, as well as the mulch itself; coconut husk, coconut fiber, raw cotton, tapa pulp; cushion; fine linen; tinder, kindling; soft, padded; to kindle, as fire (preceded by ke).

  • Examples:
    • Pau pulu, ʻaʻole lau kanu (saying), mulch is gone, no [taro] leaves to plant [all is destroyed].
  • Related:
    • Kapa pulu, quilt.
    • hoʻopulu Caus/sim.; To mulch, fertilize with compost.
  • References:

4. n., Low branch, as of certain trees such as ʻohai, koa, ʻōhiʻa.

5. n., Bull.

  • Source:
    • English.
  • Examples:
    • Keoni Pulu, John Bull.
    • Ua holo ʻo Hanalē, komo mai ʻo Keoni Pulu, Henry has run off, John Bull has come in [said when one is full: hungry (which sounds like “Henry”) has gone, and John Bull (which sounds like “full”) has come].
  • Related:
    • Also: bulu.

6. nvt., nvs., To fool; fooled; fool.

  • Source:
    • English.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopulu Caus/sim.; To act the fool.
  • References:

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pulu

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Poloka pulu. Bullfrog.

PU-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To be wet; to bathe; to wash. Iob. 24:8.

2. To be soft as that which is soaked in water.

3. Hoo. To wet; to moisten; to soften.

4. To water, as a plant. Isa. 16:9.

5. To make soft the material for kapa, that is, wauke, mamaki, &c., by soaking it in water until it becomes wali, paste-like.

PU-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Any substance partially liquid and soft.

2. That which is soft, as cotton.

3. The soft matter of which kapa is made; so called when made soft by soaking; me he pulu kapa i ka hale.

4. Specifically, name of the material that grows on and is collected from a species of large fern; it has lately become an article of export.

PU-LU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Wet, as clothes.

2. Soft; cooked to softness.

3. Hoo. Deceitful; he kiu hoopulu, a treacherous spy.

Pulu (pū'-lu), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Wet, as clothes; moist; softened.

Pulu (pū'-lu), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Any substance partly liquid and soft.

2. That which is soft, as cotton.

3. The soft matter of which tapa is made; so called when made soft by soaking: me he pulu kapa i ka hale.

4. Specifically, the material that grows on and is collected from a species of large fern; it was formerly an article of export.

5. Any decayed organic matter, especially if used as a fertilizer; vegetable mold.

Pulu (pū'-lu), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To be wet.

2. To be soft as that which is soaked in water.

pulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Soft matter of which kapa was made, so called when made soft by soaking it.

pulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Material that grows on and is collected from species of large ferns (Cibotium spp.) from the base of the stalks. The pulu resembles that of the ʻamaʻu and has been similarly used to stuff pillows and mattresses. Hawaiians also stuffed the bodies of their dead after removing the vital organs. Young fronds were used to make hats. Tree trunks were made into fences. (NEAL 10.) See Plants: Uses, hāpuʻu.

pulu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Soft, yellow “wool” found at the base of the leaf stalks of the large tree fern (Cibotium spp.). The plant is most common in the area of the upper part of the Hilo-Kīlauea highway on Hawaiʻi. Pulu is collected and exported to California where it is still used to stuff pillows and mattresses.

pulu

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

wet, as clothes.

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