kino lau

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

  • kinolau

Etymology

From kino (“body”) +‎ lau (“many”).

Noun

kino lau

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) forms taken by a supernatural body
    • 2010, Kawehilani Avelino, No ke kumu ʻulu‎[1], page 2:
      ʻIke ʻia nā kinolau o Kū ma ka nahele ʻo ka ʻōhiʻa ʻoe ʻo ke kī ʻoe o ka noni ʻoe.
      The forms in which Kū appears in nature are the ʻōhiʻa, the ti plant, the great morinda.

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