ʻō.nea
Same as nea, desolate. ho.ʻō.nea To cause desolation; to desolate.
Same as nea, desolate. ho.ʻō.nea To cause desolation; to desolate.
nvs. Afflicted, affliction. I ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kolela, hoʻokahi helena o kō mākou oneʻā, when the cholera came, all at once we were all afflicted.
s. One, sand, and a, burning. (So called by Hawaiians when they first saw gunpowder.) LIT. Burning sand, that is, gunpowder; ke onea ka pauda, ka mea e lele ai ka poka; ua pau na kanaka i ke onea o ka haole. See PAUDA (powder,) which has since been introduced.
adj. Destitute; all gone; vacant.
Destitute of inhabitants; pertaining to a desert; forsaken; desolate; devastated; vacant.
[One, sand, and a, burning.] Gunpowder. (So called by Hawaiians when they first saw gunpowder. The word pauda has since been introduced.)
destitute of inhabitants.
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