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| pala 1.vs. • ripe, mellow; • yellow, as leaves; • soft, as an infected boil; • rotten, astaro corm. [PPn *pala,rotten, decayed] 2.n.daub, smear, smudge, blot; dab of excreta (cf.pala kūkae).[Pn(NP) *pala,excrement; soiled] 3.vs.underdone. 4.vs.coated, as the tongue. 5.n.a form of gonorrhea.[PPn *pala,pustulous sore] 6.n.intoxicating drink made of watermelon juice. 7.n.a native fern (Marattia douglasii), with a short trunk and large, long-stemmed, much divided, dark-green fronds. In time of famine, the thick, starchy, hoof-shaped bases of the frond stems, which cover the short trunk, were eaten after being baked in animu over night. The mucilaginous water resulting from slicing and soaking the raw stems in water was used medicinally. Pieces of the fronds mixed with maileleis enhanced their fragrance. The fern was used also inheiau ceremonies.[(EO) PPn *pala,tree-fern sp] 8.n.a variety of sweet potato. 9.n.a variety oftaro. 10.n.seaweeds or scum. 11.n.parlor. 12.placename.street,Lanakila section,Honolulu.lit.: ripe. |
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| 1. | Aloaʻaikekanakakapehuʻana,makaʻiliokonaʻiʻo,āʻokapehupalapaha. | When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab. | pehu₁ |
| 2. | ahukapalakūkae | a heap of excreta daub [an expression of contempt] | pala kūkae |
| 3. | ʻaipalaniho | food remnants; to eat food remnants; an eater of food scraps left by others [a term of reproach] | pala niho |
| 4. | ʻĀlukakapalaakaʻōhiʻa. | Mountain apples ripen everywhere. | ʻāluka |
| 5. | ʻAwapuhilaupalawale. | Ginger leaves yellow quickly. [of things that pass too soon] | ʻawapuhi₁ |
| 6. | Epainuʻuʻoemenāmahaloapalahinunāʻēkāmaiʻa. | You brag with praise of bright and ripe banana hands [worthless bragging]. | ʻēkā₁ |
| 7. | Heahakānapalanaio? | What in blazes is he good for? | pala naio |
| 8. | Heʻaipalamaununakapoʻeloaʻa. | An eater of bait dabs belonging to people with possessions [a scavenger, beggar]. | ʻai pala maunu |
| 9. | Heʻikepalaʻole. | A perfect knowledge. | pala ʻole |
| 10. | hemulipalakūkae | excrement-smeared younger one, [said in contempt by older brother or sister of a younger one, referring to the times he has helped to clean the youngest; also said contemptuously of one of a junior line] | muli |
| 11. | Hoʻohuiʻāinapalakamaiʻa. | Annexation is ripe bananas. [no good for us]. | maiʻa |
| 12. | hoʻolaupala | to show signs of fading, of a leaf; to show signs of failing health; also same as lau pala | lau pala |
| 13. | Kaheleāpalanāhuaikamoana. | Testicles rot at sea [a sailor lacks a sex partner]. | hua₄ |
| 14. | ʻOkamanawaiaokahuawainapalamua. | It was the time of the first ripe grapes. | hua waina |
| 15. | Palaʻaluʻalukaʻaiakamaliʻi. | Mostly peel when matured are the food crops of children [infants are not strong enough to make good farmers]. | ʻaluʻalu |
| 16. | palaʻeʻehu | to turn red or yellow, as leaves or fruit (riper than | ʻeʻehu |
| 17. | Palaʻeʻehukalauokaʻulu. | The breadfruit leaves are reddish-yellow. | pala₁ |
| 18. | palaʻiʻi | a taro | ʻiʻi₅ |
| 19. | Palakamaiʻa. | The banana is ripe (Nothing is gained.) [a rude expression]. | maiʻa |
| 20. | Palakiohoaikauakapuakou. | Yellowed, spoiling in the rain are the kou blossoms. | kiohoa |
| 21. | palanahunahu | partially ripe, of a fruit that can be bitten into, as a mountain apple | nahunahu |
| 22. | Paukawaomaiʻaapalaila. | All the bananas of the uplands are ripened black. | ila₂ |
| 23. | Pupuhikaumu,moʻapalakaʻai. | When the oven smokes, the food is underdone.[(not enough steam remains inside to cook the food) said of one who does a lot of enthusiastic talking, but can't knuckle down to business] | pala₃ |
| 24. | ʻumekepalaʻole | calabash without a dab [empty bowl, empty mind] | ʻumeke |
| 25. | Uwēwaleʻuwā,hoʻiiWaiʻōhinuikaʻaimaiʻapala. | Silly crying oh, go back to Waiʻōhinu to eat ripe bananas[considered bad luck; see | Uwewale |