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1. nvi., Narrow channel, as to a sea pool; to move through such a channel; to blow in a current; to pass in and out; gusty. Figuratively, to die.

  • Examples:
    • Kō ke akua haʻi āmio, god reveals through narrow channels.
    • Hē āmio ka makani, e pio auaneʻi, the wind blows a draft, [the light] may go out.
  • References:
    • Cf. mio.
    • PPN ʻa(a)mio.

2. See Keāmio.

Nā LepiliTags: winds

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v. To walk or move still and slyly, so as not to be heard; maanei no i, amio iho nei a nalowale, he came here silently just now and is gone; mai kukulu aku oe i ke kukui ma ka puka; to flare, as the blaze of a lamp in the wind; he amio ka makani. e pio auanei; to move silently this way and that.

s. That which enters silently, as death; as a fish floats unseen and comes not to the top; a gentle moving to and fro.

Amio (ā-mĭ'-o), n.

/ ā-mĭ'-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. That which enters silently, as death.

2. A gentle moving to and fro.

3. A place in a stream or sea where the current moves swiftly, but silently.

4. A current of air.

Amio (ā-mĭ'-o), v.

/ ā-mĭ'-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To walk or move quietly and slyly, so as not to be heard; to move silently this way and that: Maanei no i amio iho nei a nalowale; he came here silently just now and is gone.

2. To flare, as the blaze of a lamp in the wind: He amio ka makani, e pio auanei.

3. To disappear; to cease to exist.

(ke) amio eddy of water; current of air.

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