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Limu (li'-mu): 1. An edible sea-weed. 2. A general name for every kind of 

 edible herb that grows in the sea. 



Lipoa limu (li-po'-a li'-mu): A choice, scented, edible seaweed. It is rose pink 

 in color, and found only at certain seasons. 



Luau (lu'au): 1. A feast. (Paina is the better word for feast, but luau is the 

 modern term. 2. The young leaf of the kalo or taro. 3. Boiled taro leaves. 



Luna (lu'-na): A person who is over others in office or command. Hence, an 

 overseer, an officer, a director, a herald or a messenger, one sent on business 

 by a chief, an ambassador, an executive officer of any kind. 



Maile (ma'i-Ie): Alyxia olivaeformis, a vine with fragrant green leaves of which 

 wreaths are made. 



Malo (ma'-lo): A strip of tapa or cloth girded about the loins of men. In for- 

 mer times the malo was the only garment worn by men at work. 



Malo-pua-kal (ma'-lo-pu'-aka'i) : Literally, flower of the sea. A red malo used 

 for surfing; made waterproof and dyed red by soaking in a mixture otkamani 

 oil and crushed hame or haa berries. 



Mamo (ma'-mo): Drepanis pacifica. a species of bird with yellow feathers 

 under each wing, which were much valued for cloaks, helmets, and other 

 feather work. 



Manu (ma'-nu) : The carved prows of a canoe. 



Mele (me'-le): 1. A song; the words or subject of a song, epic in character. 

 2. To chant or sing. 



Menehune (mene-hu'-ne) : A race of mythical dwarfs from two to three feet in 

 height, who were possessed of great strength; a race of pygmies who were 

 squat, tremendously strong, powerfully built, and very ugly of face. They 

 were credited with the building of many temples, roads, and other structures. 

 Trades among them were well systematized, every Menehune being restricted 

 to his own particular craft in which he was a master. It was believed that 

 they would work only one night on a construction and if unable to complete 

 the work, it was left undone. 



Mo-o (mo'-o): A huge mythical lizard or monster worm. 



Oli (o'-li): 1. A song, a singing; a chant, a chanting. 2. To sing; to chant. 



Oo (o'-o) : An instrument made of hard wood anciently used in cultivating the 

 ground. It was long and flattened at one end to form a digger. 



O-o (o'-o) : Moho nobilis. A species of bird found formerly in great numbers in 

 Hawaii. The yellow feathers were much valued for making cloaks, helmets, 

 and other articles for the chiefs. 



Opae (o-pa'e): The shrimp (Macrobachium grandimanus). 



Opihi (o-pi'-hi): A limpet (Helcioniscus exaratus), a species of small shell-fish 

 with mottled black, gray and white shell, generally found clinging to moss- 

 grown rocks on the sea-coast. 



Pall (pa'-U): A precipice, a high cliff or cliffs, the side of a steep ravine, a steep 

 hill. 



Pa-u (pa-u): A skirt of tapa worn by the women, or dancers — the principal 

 garment of Hawaiian women in former times. It generally consisted of a 

 number of pieces of tapa, usually five, wound around the waist, and reaching 

 to about the knee. 



