updated: 7/15/2019

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Concordance - Lāʻieikawai

kilu

1. nvt.
  • a small gourd or coconut shell, usually cut lengthwise, as used for storing small, choice objects, or to feed favorite children from.
  • Used also as a quoit in the kilu game:
    the player chanted as he tossed the kilu towards an object placed in front of one of the opposite sex; if he hit the goal he claimed a kiss; to play this game. (Malo 216-18: ch. 42). In the Bishop Museum are stone quoits labelled kilu. see ex., eo and FS 275–83.
2. knee drum.
3. n. unpleasant musty odor, especially resulting from a cold in the nose.

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Ch.18 p.91 para.4 sent.1I ia pō iho, he pō leʻaleʻa ia no nā aliʻi, he kilu a he kāʻeke nā leʻaleʻa i ia pō.That night was a festival night, the game of kilu and the dance kaeke being the sports of the night.
Ch.18 p.91 para.5 sent.3I kilu ka leʻaleʻa i koe.and play at spin-the-gourd;
Ch.18 p.91 para.5 sent.4Aia a kilu, a laila, kiʻi aku ʻoe a ʻume mai i ka wahine malihini, ʻo koʻu pili ia o kēia pō.”when the game begins, then you go up and draw the stranger for my partner to-night."
Ch.18 p.91 para.5 sent.5Ma ke kauoha a ka mea nona ka pō leʻaleʻa e kilu, ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kāʻeke.At the request of the one for whom the sports were given the dance was ended.
Ch.18 p.91 para.6 sent.1Iā Hauaʻiliki e kilu ana me Poliʻahu, a i ka ʻumi o nā hāuna kilu a lāua, i ia manawa, kū maila ka mea ʻume a kaʻapuni aʻela a puni ka ʻaha.Then Hauailiki played at spin-the-gourd with Poliahu until the gourd had been spun ten times. Then the master of ceremonies arose and made the circuit of the assembly,
Ch.18 p.92 para.2 sent.1Ma hope iho naʻe o ka haʻiʻōlelo ʻana a Hinaikamalama, hoʻomaka hou ke kilu; iā ʻAiwohikupua lāua me Makaweli ke kilu i ia manawa.Soon after Hinaikamalama's speech the games began again; the game was between Aiwohikupua and Makaweli.
Ch.19 p.97 para.4 sent.2I ia manawa, na Kauakahialiʻi lāua me Kaʻiliokalauokekoa ke kilu mua.Now, the first game of spin-the-gourd was between Kauakahialii and Kailiokalauokekoa.
Ch.19 p.97 para.4 sent.4Iā lāua e kilu ana, komo maila ʻo Poliʻahu i loko o ka leʻaleʻa.During the game Poliahu entered the assembly.
Ch.19 p.97 para.4 sent.5Iā Hauaʻiliki me Poliʻahu ke kilu hope o ia pō.To Hauailiki and Poliahu went the last game of the night.
Ch.19 p.97 para.6 sent.1I ia manawa, kū maila ka mea ʻume a waenakonu o ka ʻaha, iā Hauaʻiliki me Poliʻahu e kilu ana, i ia manawa, kani akula ke oli a ka mea ʻume e hoʻokolili ana i ka wēlau o ka maile i luna o Hauaʻiliki, a kāʻili maila ka mea ʻume i ka maile, a laila, kū maila ʻo Hauaʻiliki.Then the sport master stood up in the midst of the assembly, while Hauailiki and Poliahu were playing, then he sang a song while fluttering the end of the wand over Hauailiki and took away the want and Hauailiki stood up.
Ch.19 p.98 para.3 sent.2I ia pō, iā ʻAiwohikupua me Makaweli e kilu ana, a i ka waenakonu o ko lāua manawa leʻaleʻa, komo ana nā wāhine noho mauna i loko o ka ʻaha leʻaleʻa.This night, while Aiwohikupua and Makaweli were playing spin-the-gourd, in the midst of the sport, the women of the mountain entered the place of assembly.

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