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ʻōnaha

/ ʻō.naha / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Bowlegged, bent over, stooped, bent, arched; curved, crescent-shaped, as the moon; pigeon-toed.

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v. To curve or bend round, as a semi-circle or a half bounding line; onaha na kihi o ka mahina, the points of the moon bend round.

2. To spread or crook, as the legs; applied to one whose legs or knees spread wide apart; used in hailiili.

adj. Crooked; bending, as an aged person; he wahine onaha Kalepeamoa; crooked, as one's legs; wawae onaha.

adv. Crookedly; in a bent position; ke waiho onaha mai la ka lima, the arm lies half bent. See NAHA, broken.

Onaha (o-na'-ha), adj.

/ o-na'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Crooked; bending, as an aged person.

2. Crooked, as one's legs: He wahine onaha o Kalepeamoa, Kalepeamoa is a bow-legged woman.

Onaha (o-nă'-ha), adv.

/ o-nă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Naha, broken.] Crookedly; in a bent position: Ke waiho onaha mai la ka lima, the arm lies half bent.

Onaha (o-na'-ha), v.

/ o-na'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To curve or bend round, as a semicircle or a half bounding line: Onaha na kihi o ka mahina, the points of the moon bend round.

2. To spread or crook, as the legs; applied to one whose legs or knees spread wide apart; used in haili-ili or vituperative language; to be bow legged. Syn: Naha.

ʻŌnaha

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Kāhala, Honolulu. (TM.) Lit., curve.

Crooked, bending, as an aged person. ʻōnaha na kihi o ka mahina, the points of the moon bend round.

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