ʻalo

From Proto-Polynesian *kalo (“dodge, evade”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.lo/, [ˈʔɐ.lo]

ʻalo(transitive)

1. to dodge, to evade
2. to resist, to endure
3. to escort, to accompany
4. to come near, to be with

• ʻaloʻalo (reduplicated form)
• hōʻalo (causative)
• kāʻalo (“pass by tr.”, verb)
• māʻalo (“pass by intr.”, verb)

• ʻalo in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.