pule

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This remark applies, though in smaller measure, to the whole body of mele, pule, and oli that makes up the songs and liturgy of the hula as well as to the traditions that guided the maestro, or kumu-hula, in the training of his company.

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  1. intransitive verb To whine; whimper.

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  • A day for deep personal reflection (1) carmel. pule (23 hours, 41 minutes ago) —  timesofmalta.com
  • When there are barriers then the turtle avoids them by checking ahead to see if the next patch is red and if this is the case the turtle and sets its heading to the current heading pule 180 and moves forward 1 step. —  Serendip's Exchange -
  • A pule by Father George De Costa precedes the introduction of judges.
  • He was blubbering openly, the sound issuing from between the crushed lips in a low-pitched, moaning tremolo--a disgusting sound, coming from a full-grown man--like the pule of a brainless thing The Texan shook him, roughly: "Shut up! —  Prairie Flowers
  • This remark applies, though in smaller measure, to the whole body of mele, pule, and oli that makes up the songs and liturgy of the hula as well as to the traditions that guided the maestro, or kumu-hula, in the training of his company. —  Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
 

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  1. Perhaps from French piauler, of imitative origin.

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  1. Formerly also pewl, peule; from Old French piuler, pioler, piauler, from French piauler, chirp, pule; cf. Italian pigolare, chirp, moan; imitative words; cf. pipe, peep, etc., pue, etc.
 

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