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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

ʻīlio

ʻīlio
1. fig. A catamite. Hoik. 22:15.
2. A stingy, close man.
3. adv. I hele aku, ea, mai makamaka ilio i ka huelo ka ike, a proverbial expression: the end of a friendship that once existed, false friendship remains.
4. s. A dog; ilio hihiu, a wolf; ilio hahai, a greyhound. Sol. 30:31.
5. n. dog (brought to Hawaiʻi by early Polynesians, considered an ʻaumakua by some). cf. ʻapowai, hula ʻīlio, nūkea, Gram. 2.9, Titcomb 1969, Hal. 22.16, Hoik. 22.15. Many types of dogs are listed below.
6. a generic term for foreign quadruped. see below and Gram. 2.9.2.
7. cloud (poetic, or cloud with an omen).
8. The cross beam of a house.
9. tie beam in a house, brace that holds rafter to crossbeam; spandrel. see illus. 1
10. a seaweed, same as some of the hulu ʻīlio₅.
11. placename. point and quadrangle, West Molokaʻi. see Kalaeokaʻīlio. lit.: dog.

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84ʻAi nō ka ʻīlio i kona luaʻi.A dog eats his own vomit.
 [Said of one who says nasty things of others and then has those very things happen to himself.]
167ʻAʻohe laka o kā haʻi ʻīlio.Other people’s dogs do not mind you.
 [Said as a warning to beware of the gods of others.]
310E ʻike i ka hoa kanaka, o kipa hewa ke aloha i ka ʻīlio.Recognize your fellow man lest your love be wasted on a dog.
 [Love man above animals.]
389Haʻahaʻa haka, pau i ka ʻīlio.The contents of a low shelf can he stolen by dogs.
 [Things carelessly left about can be stolen. First said by Kamalalawalu to Lonoikamakahiki in making fun of the short stature of the latter’s half-brother and chief steward, Pupukea.]
562He hale kanaka, ke ʻalalā ala no keiki, ke hae ala no ka ʻīlio.It is an inhabited house, for the wail of children and the bark of a dog are heard.
 [The signs of living about a home are the voices of humanity and animals. Used in answer to someone’s apology over their children crying or dogs barking.]
628He ʻīlio kawaū.A damp, cold dog.
 [Used disparagingly or humorously of a person who shivers and is afraid of the cold. Dogs in old Hawaiʻi were rarely pampered and petted and were often seen shivering in cold, damp weather.]
629He ʻīlio welu moe poli.A well-fed dog that sleeps in the bosom.
 [Said of a well-fed pet dog or of a person who is able to work but is too pampered to want to.]
728Hele a ʻīlio pīʻalu ka uka o Hāmākua i ka lā.Like a wrinkled dog is the upland of Hāmākua in the sunlight.
 [An uncomplimentary remark about an aged, wrinkled person. Line from a chant.]
2156Miki ka ʻīlio kahu ʻole no ka hemahema.Stray dogs will take what one neglects to care for.
 [When one is careless with his possessions, they may be stolen.]
2226Na ka ʻīlio ka nānā pono.Only dogs stare.
 [Said to a person who stares.]
2360ʻŌhao ʻīlio.Dog tied by the neck.
 [An expression of contempt for the kauā. While waiting to be taken to the heiau to be sacrificed, a kauā was compelled to wear a small gourd suspended from the neck with a cord.]
2410ʻO ka ʻīlio i paoa ka waha i ka hua moa ʻaʻole e pau ia hana iā ia.A dog whose mouth likes the taste of eggs will not stop taking them.
 [Said of one who cannot be cured of a bad habit.]
2411ʻO ka ʻīlio kahu nō ka ʻīlio hae.The dog who has a master is the dog who barks the most.
 [Said of a person who resents any disparaging remarks about his chief.]
2427ʻO ka mea makaʻala ʻaʻohe lilo kona waiwai i ka ʻīlio.He who watches does not lose his property to dogs.
 [ʻOne who watches his possessions will not lose them to thieves.]
2840Ua paʻa ka ʻīlio i ka ʻōhao.The dog is tied by the neck.
 [All is safe.]

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