updated: 12/18/2016
| updated: 12/18/2016 |
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| pūʻali 1.n. • warrior, soldier, so called because Hawaiian fighters tied (pūʻali) theirmalos at the waist so that no flap would dangle for a foe to seize; • army, • host, multitude. Various types of military formations are listed below. 2.nvt. • to gird tightly about the waist, as ofmalo-clad warriors, or as corseted women; tight belt. • compressed, constricted in the middle; • grooved, notched; notch; • irregularly shaped, astaro; 3.n.isthmus. 4.n.slender abdominal stalk on a wasp's body. 5.n.in music, a decrescendo followed by a crescendo. 6.n.irregularly shaped ravine. 7.n.a vague term for an adopted man or boy who had no servants. 8.placename.gulch,Hālawa qd.,Molokaʻi.lit.: groove. |
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| 1. | AʻikeiholanōlāuainākulagulaoKaleponiamenāhihipeʻaokapūʻalioPanamā. | They saw the gold fields of California and the jungles of the isthmus of Panama. | hihipeʻa |
| 2. | ʻEonopūʻaliakānalāʻaupālau. | His war club has six notches. | pūʻali₂ |
| 3. | kahuapūʻalikauamoana | navy base | kahua |
| 4. | kahuapūʻalikauamoana | navy base | kaua |
| 5. | kahuapūʻalikauamoana | navy base | moana |
| 6. | kahuapūʻalikauamoana | navy base | pūʻali kaua moana |
| 7. | kahuapūʻalikoa | military base | kahua |
| 8. | kahuapūʻalikoa | military base | koa₂ |
| 9. | kahuapūʻalikoa | military base | pūʻali koa |
| 10. | Kākuanāpūʻali,humenāmalo,uhināʻahuʻula,kōkīnāmahiole. | Tighten the belt, don the malo, drape the feather cloak, put on the feather helmet. | kōkī₂ |
| 11. | Kākuanāpūʻali,humenāmalo,uhināʻahuʻula,kōkīnāmahiole. | Tighten the belt, don the malo, drape the feather cloak, put on the feather helmet. | pūʻali₂ |
| 12. | konapūʻaliapau | all his host | pūʻali₁ |
| 13. | ManaʻoʻiahelelehoʻonanākaholoʻanaonāpūʻalikoaoʻIrakamawahookapalenaihoʻopaʻaʻiaekōkahuikuʻikahi. | The crossing over of Iraqi troops outside the borders set by the alliance was considered an act of aggression (not an attack). | lele hoʻonanā |
| 14. | pūʻaliʻānela | host of angels | pūʻali₁ |
| 15. | pūʻalihoʻoukakaua | marine corps | hoʻouka |
| 16. | pūʻalihoʻoukakaua | marine corps | kaua |
| 17. | Pūʻaliinuwai. | Army of water drinkers (name of a temperance society). | inu |
| 18. | Pūʻalikahaunuiikahauiki. | The big hau tree is grooved by the small hau [a child annoying an adult; a small warrior harassing a big one]. | pūʻali₂ |
| 19. | pūʻalikaualewa | air force | lewa |
| 20. | pūʻalikaualewa | air force | kaua |
| 21. | pūʻalikauamoana | navy | kaua |
| 22. | pūʻalikauamoana | navy.also | moana |
| 23. | pūʻalikoa | army; military service | koa₂ |
| 24. | pūʻalikoakūikawā | militia | kūikawā |
| 25. | pūʻalikoakūikawā | militia | koa₂ |
| 26. | pūʻalinōiki | alveolar duct | nōiki |
| 27. | pūʻalipalekapakai | coast guard | kapa kai |
| 28. | Uakālikiʻiaāpūʻalikekinookawahine. | The body of the woman is corseted and pulled tight. | pūʻali₂ |