Definition of "lele" [lele]

• A Middle English form of leal.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Ia manawa, kauoha ae la ke Alii i na Luna o ka Heiau, a kau aku i ka Makaula ma ka lele imua o ke kuahu."
• "Are not you sauceboxes to write "lele" [27] like Presto?"
• "[Italics replaced by capitals for the transcription of this etext.] 28 Deane Swift alters "lele" to "there," but in a note states how he here altered Swift's "cypher way of writing.""