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Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Noun
ʻalu
- ravine, cavity, dent
- lines of the hand
Verb
ʻalu
- (intransitive) to slacken; to relax
- (linguistics, stative) lax (in articulation)
- to descend
Derived terms