updated: 12/18/2016
| updated: 12/18/2016 |
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| ʻalaʻala 1.n.ink sac in octopus or squid; after salting, drying, and broiling on the fire, it is mixed withʻinamona or chili peppers and eaten; mixed withʻauhuhu juice it is used as bait.fig., useless. 2.nvs.scar of a scrofulous sore; to be so scarred; perhaps tuberculosis adenitis.PNP kakala; cf. Rennellese kakaga. 3.n.aerial tubers of bitter yam,hoi (Dioscorea bulbifera).[Pn(??) *kala,male genitalia (problematic)] |
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| 1. | ahukaʻalaʻalapalu | a heap of octopus liver bait [not worth anything at all] | palu₂ |
| 2. | Ahukaʻalaʻala! | Just a pile of squid ink sac! [no use] | ʻalaʻala₁ |
| 3. | Ahukaʻalaʻala! | A heap of squid ink! Not worth much! | ahu |
| 4. | Aiaikula,ikaʻalaʻalapūloa. | There in the fields. [for | ʻalaʻala pū loa |
| 5. | Heahakaʻalaʻalaokēnāmeaāuihoʻihoʻimainei? | What's the good of that octopus ink sac you've brought home? | ʻalaʻala₁ |
| 6. | Heahakānaʻalaʻala? | What's he good for? | ʻalaʻala₁ |
| 7. | Heahakōʻalaʻala? | What's your reason? | ʻalaʻala₁ |
| 8. | Hepoʻeʻuʻumaunupaluʻalaʻalanokekahipoʻelawaiʻa. | A people who draw out the octopus ink sac bait preparation for other fishermen. [those who do the dirty work from which others reap the benefit] | ʻuʻu₃ |
| 9. | MaiʻalaʻalapahaauaneʻiikauaKawaʻahia. | Perhaps his neck will be scarred in the rain of Kawaʻahia [in trouble]. | ʻalaʻala₂ |