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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

loloa

loloa
1. distance, length, height...
2. v. see loa. To be long; to grow or to become long. Dan. 4:33. To go afar off; to be at a great distance.
3. s. Length.
4. adj. see loa. Long; tall, as a tree; connected with kiekie. Isa. 2:13. Afar off.
5. adv. Afar off; a long time; uhai loloa, following a long distance.
6. n. a seaweed, probably the same as limu loloa.

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530He ʻale kua loloa no ka moana.A long-backed wave of the ocean.
 [The boast of a strong man who likens his back to the waves of the sea.]
692He kīhei loloa.A long shoulder covering.
 [A person who gads about with no thought of going home. The speaker envisions a person constantly running with his cape fluttering high in the breeze.]
1361Ka iʻa lauoho loloa o ka ʻāina.The long-haired fish of the land.
 [Any vegetable eaten with poi, such as taro greens, hoʻiʻo or kikawaiō ferns, or sweet potato greens. Poetically, leaves are the oho or lauoho, hair, of plants.]
1362Ka iʻa lauoho loloa o ke kai.The long-haired fish of the sea.
 [Limu, or seaweed.]
1367Ka iʻa loloa o ke kai.The long fish of the sea.
 [The eel.]
1386Ka iʻa wāwae loloa.The long-legged fish.
 [A human sacrifice.]
1997Liʻiliʻi ʻōhiki loloa ka lua.Little sand crabs dig deep holes.
 [Said in disgust of little girls too wise in the ways of sex.]
2201Nā ʻale kua loloa o Kaʻieʻie.The long-backed billows of Kaʻieʻie.
 [Kaʻieʻie is the channel between Kauaʻi and Oʻahu.]
2236Nā keiki huelo loloa o ka ʻĀina Pua.The long-tailed sons of the Flowery Kingdom.
 [The Chinese, who once wore queues.]
2683Pōʻino nā lāʻau aʻa liʻiliʻi i ka ulu pū me ka puakala aʻa loloa.Plants with fine roots are harmed when left to grow with the rough, long-rooted thorny ones.
 [Weak-willed persons are often overcome and influenced by the wicked.]

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