updated: 12/18/2016
| updated: 12/18/2016 |
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| kalo 1.n.taro (Colocasia esculenta), a kind of aroid cultivated since ancient times for food, spreading widely from the tropics of the Old World. In Hawaiʻi,taro has been the staple from earliest times to the present, and here its culture developed greatly, including more than 300 forms. All parts of the plant are eaten, its starchy root principally aspoi, and its leaves aslūʻau. It is a perennial herb consisting of a cluster of long-stemmed, heart-shaped leaves rising 30 cm. or more from underground tubers or corms.(Neal 157–60) Specifically,kalo is the name of the firsttaro growing from the planted stalk; names of generations as listed for Hawaiʻi Island(Kep. 153) are (1)kalo: see ex.,palili, (2)ʻohā ormuʻu, (3)ʻaʻae orʻae, (4)ʻōnihinihi, (5)kokole, (6)pahūpahū.[(AN) PPn *talo,taro (Colocasia esculenta)] 2.prayer...PPN talo. |
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| 1. | ʻAiikalomoʻa. | Eat cooked | moʻa |
| 2. | Ehelekekaloāʻaʻaohoʻokahi. | The taro grew until there was only one leaf left. | ʻaʻao hoʻokahi |
| 3. | Ē!loaʻaakulakekalo,ʻokaʻapowale. | O, you get taro, to grasp-foolishly taro [a waste of time, pun on | ʻapowale |
| 4. | Hemakenōkekalo,āolanōikepalili. | The old | palili |
| 5. | Hīleaikaloʻekaʻeka. | Hīlea of the dirty taro [a saying applied to anyone careless or inefficient in work]. | hīlea |
| 6. | Huiaku,huimai,huikalomekanāwao. | Mixed here, mixed there, mixed wild | nāwao₁ |
| 7. | Hukiikekalonui,lulumiikalepoāpopoʻiikamauʻu. | Pull up the big taro, press the earth firmly and cover with grass. | lulumi |
| 8. | Kaueʻana,ʻokaueʻanaiaokamahikaloināʻohāulumua. | The pulling away, this is a pulling away in the | ue₁ |
| 9. | kaloʻapu | taro used as medicine | ʻapu₂ |
| 10. | kaloʻūlika | ʻūlika | |
| 11. | kipikalo | taro chip | kalo₁ |
| 12. | kipikalo | taro chip | kipi₅ |
| 13. | Kōmākoukalokanuokaʻāina. | Our planted taro of the land [proud and affectionate reference to a chief]. | kalo₁ |
| 14. | kokōhikūinākalo | to lay waste the taro | kokōhikū |
| 15. | lepomahaʻiokekalo | dirt on the edge of the taro | haʻi₃ |
| 16. | Loaʻaʻoeikekalopaʻa. | You got hit by solid taro [i.e., you received a terrible blow]. | kalo paʻa |
| 17. | mālakalo | taro patch | māla |
| 18. | Mōhāhākānakalo. | His taros are well filled out. | mōhāhā₁ |
| 19. | ʻOkekalokamua,āmahopekamuʻu,āmahopeloakaʻae. | First the kalo, then the muʻu, and finally the ʻae. | muʻu₁ |
| 20. | Ōhāhākauluʻanaokēiakalo. | This taro's growth is thrifty. | ōhāhā₁ |
| 21. | Paukekaloikahuhukiʻia. | All the taro was pulled up. | huhuki |
| 22. | Paunuimaineikekaloikaʻaiʻia. | All the | pau nui |
| 23. | Uaʻeleaoʻiakekalo. | The taro is blighted by insects. | ʻeleao₁ |
| 24. | Uakāʻokoʻanōkānakalomaikāmākou. | His taro was separated from ours. | kāʻokoʻa |