hāʻule
1. v. To fall; to fall from a perpendicular state; to stumble; to fall down.
2. To come upon one, as a new set of feelings; to come to or arrive at a place; to encamp; a haule lakou i Kailua.
3. To loosen; to let go; to unfold.
4. To become void; to lack; to fail; to be wanting; to fall dead.
5. Hoo. To cause to fall; with ua, as rain, i. e., to cause to rain. 1 Nal. 18:1.
6. To throw one's self down on to a thing. 1 Sam. 31:4. To cause to fall, i. e., destroy, as an army. Ezek. 32:12. To be rendered void, as a law.
7. vi. to fall, drop, tumble down; dropped. cf. hina, to fall from an upright position, and hāʻule, to drop down.
8. To overturn; to destroy; to seek after; to fall upon for destruction.
9. To fail in coming to pass or to be fulfilled, as a promise. Ios. 21:45. To fall, as one to fail in his moral or religious character. Heb. 6:6.
10. adj. A thing lost; dropped. Oihk. 6:3. Kekahi mea haule.
11. nvi.
• to lose, loss, defeat.
• fail, failure,
• forget, neglect;
• die
12. vi. to lose, as in sports.
13. vi. to begin to do.
14. vt. to delouse, look for louse. |
| 316 | E kanu i ka huli ʻoi hāʻule ka ua. | Plant the taro stalks while there is rain. |
| | [Do your work when opportunity affords.] |
| 345 | E mālama i ka leo o ke aliʻi, o hāʻule wale i ka weuweu. | Take care of the chief’s voice, lest it drop among the grass. |
| | [Heed the chief’s voice; do not ignore his commands.] |
| 487 | Haʻu ka makani, hāʻule ke onaona, pili i ka mauʻu. | When the wind puffs, the fragrant blossoms fall upon the grass. |
| | [When there is an explosion of wrath, people quail before it.] |
| 489 | Hāʻule i ka hope waʻa. | Left in the aft of the canoe. |
| | [Said of one who comes last or is tardy.] |
| 491 | Hāʻule nō i kāna ʻauwaha i ʻeli ai. | Fell into the ditch that he himself dug. |
| | [Caught in his own trap.] |
| 959 | He ʻulu ʻaʻai ʻole; he hāʻule wale i ka makani. | It is a breadfruit that does not hold to the tree; it falls easily with the wind. |
| | [Said of a person whose loyalty is doubtful — he can be swayed to desert his chief.] |
| 1438 | Ka lei hāʻule ʻole, he keiki. | A lei that is never cast aside is one’s child. |
| 2158 | Minamina ka leo o ke aliʻi i ka hāʻule i ka pūweuweu. | A pity to allow the words of the chief to fall among the clumps of grass. |
| | [A reminder to heed the commands and wishes of one’s chief.] |
| 2404 | ʻO ka hāʻule nehe o ka lau lāʻau, he hāwanawana ia i ka poʻe ola. | The rustling of falling leaves is like a whisper to the living. |
| | [It is the living who appreciate such things.] |
| 2553 | Paʻa aku i ka lani o kā ke akua ia, a hāʻule mai i lalo o kā Laiana ia. | What is held up in heaven is Godʻs, and what falls below is Lyonsʻs. |
| | [A reply made by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons (Makua Laiana) when he was charged with being careless in accepting people as members of his church. He loved and accepted them and did not adhere rigidly to certain rules before allowing them to become members.] |