Paoa Stood Upon the Little Plot ofPili Grass As He Answered Her.
No matter how high the Wailuku rises, it never has covered the little plot of pili grass which still grows on the long, low rock at the river's mouth.
In preparation for the long journey by canoe he took only three things with him: two kinds of fish--the aku and opelu--and some pili grass.
Hawaiians soon learned to use the pili grass in house building, as it made a tighter thatch and lasted longer than the lauhala or the grasses to which they had been accustomed.
To commemorate his safe landing he at once planted on the rock the pili grass he had brought with him.
Paoa stood upon the little plot of pili grass as he answered her.
Footnote 416: In the expression Pili me ka'u manu the poet returns to his figure of a bird as representing a loved one.
Holo newa ka lau maia me ka pua hau, 10 I pili aloha me ka mokila ula i ka wai; Maalo pulelo i ka wai o Malu-aka.
Pili grew up to manhood under the care of the gods, and was sometimes told, pointing down to the earth, that that place was his.
On Upolu the name of Pili has an early place among the doings of mortals and in the division of the lands.
Tua was so named from the back of a turtle which Pili caught at that time, and Ana from the cave in which it was taken.
When Pili was old and dying he called his children together and appointed them their places and employments.
Pili went to visit Tutuila, tried his hand at fishing, but caught nothing, and was mocked by the Tutuilans.
I mai kela, 'Alia wau e hooko i kau kumu pili a hoi mai wau mai kuu huakai kaapuni mai, alaila, hookoia ke kumu pili au e ke Alii wahine.
I aku wau ia iala, ua eo oe, pono oe ke noho me a'u e like me ka kaua pili ana.
I aku nae oia ia Hauailiki, "Ua pau ka pili a kaua, no ka manawa ona awa aku la no ia.
Ia laua e moe ana, a hiki paha i kapili o ke ao, ala ae la o Halaaniani, aole i loaa he moe ia ia, a ala mai la no hoi o Malio ia manawa no.
Your name is Klereu Lulimet," said Kele; "your sister's name is Pili Lulimet.
It closely resembles oil of sweet almonds for which it, as well as the oil of Pili (Canarium commune, L.
The ripe pili nut is edible and sold in confectioneries.
These garlands were fastened to the plaited pili thatch of the King's pakui; they were placed on the necks of the young warriors, who stood around the chief; and around his royal brows they twined an odorous crown of maile.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pili" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
