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Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
kā- + lua (“pit”)
Verb
kālua
- to cook in an underground oven
- to burn brick or lime
Descendants
Noun
kālua
- (rare) sinkhole, pit
- Synonym: lua
- slope, descent
- Synonym: ihona
- downhill path or road
Etymology 2
Verb
kālua
- (stative, of a rope) to be double-stranded
Etymology 3
Verb
kālua
- (stative) alternative form of ʻālualua (“to be bumpy”)
References
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 69
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kālua”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press