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1. vt. To brave, dare, challenge, defy (1 Sam. 17.10), check, venture; to accept a challenge; to volunteer, involving a difficulty; to act wickedly or presumptuously (Kanl. 1.43); bold, venturesome, valiant, intrepid.

• Examples:
  • He poʻe ʻaʻa hewa, a people acting wickedly.
  • He ʻaʻa ka manaʻo, he wiwo ʻole, thoughts are full of courage, fearless.
• References:
  • See ex., mea #1.

2. nvt. Belt, girdle, waist; to gird, tie on.

• Examples:
  • Kākiʻi maila ʻo Kahakaloa i kāna laʻau pālau, a loaʻa ihola ka ʻaʻa o Kawelo (FS 89), Kahakaloa brandished his war club so as to reach Kawelo's waist.

3. n. Bag, pocket, caul, envelope for a foetus, scrip (1 Sam. 17.40); fiber from coconut husk; clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; cloth; chaff, hull (Ier. 23.28); skin covering eyeballs.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻa haole, foreign cloth.
  • ʻAʻa maluna o ke ake, caul above the liver.
  • Ka ʻaʻa o ke au ma ke akepaʻa (Oihk. 3.4), the caul of the bile and the liver.
  • ʻAʻole kanaka ʻaʻa ʻole, no man without his scrip.
• References:
  • See ʻaʻa moni.
  • PPN kaka .

4. (Cap.) Same as Maʻaʻa, a wind.

5. Same as ʻā #4, booby bird.

1. nvi. To burn, blaze, glow; fire; staring, as eyes (see ʻaʻā maka). Figuratively, angry; fury.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻā koke, combustible, inflammable.
  • Ua ʻaʻā ka puʻu, the throat is on fire [with great thirst].
  • Ke ʻaʻā maila ka wahine, the woman burns hither [Pele and her volcanic fires approach].
  • Ua ʻaʻā ʻia au i ke aloha (FS 21), I burn with love.
• Related:
  • hoʻaʻā Caus/sim.; To kindle, light.
    • Mea hoʻaʻā, fire kindling.
• References:
  • PNP kakaa.

2. nvs. ʻAʻā lava; stony, abounding with ʻaʻa lava.

3. (Cap.) n. Sirius, a zenith star that passes over Tahiti and Raʻiātea, formerly believed used by navigators; one of the brightest stars in the heavens.

• References:
  • See Sirius for various names.

4. n. Young stage of damselfish (ʻāloʻiloʻi).

• Related:
  • Also: ʻā.

1. nvs. Dumbness, inability to speak intelligibly, a dumb person (Puk. 4.11); dumb, silent, still; to stutter and stammer, as a dumb person.

• Examples:
  • Poʻe kuli a ʻāʻā, deaf mutes.
  • Ua ʻāʻā ka leo, the voice is unintelligible.
  • He ʻāʻā kō ka hale, the people of the house are silent.
  • I lohe ʻia e nā ʻāʻā lololohe; i mau ʻāʻā lōlōkuli, it was heard from the dumb one who could hear, about those who were deaf and dumb.

2. nvs. Dwarf, small person; dwarfish, small.

• Examples:
  • Kanaka poupou ʻāʻā, a short stout person.
  • He ʻīlio ʻāʻā (KL. line 577), a short-legged dog.

3. vs. Demented, panic-stricken.

• Examples:
  • Holo ʻāʻā, to run about in a panic.
• Related:
  • hōʻāʻā Caus/sim.; To look about or search in confusion, stray, wander; disconcerted.
    • E hōʻāʻā ana i nā makaaniani, looking in confusion for the spectacles.
• References:
  • See ʻaʻā maka, ʻaʻaia.

4. Probable variant of ʻā #4, booby bird.

5. n. Male ʻōʻō bird.

• References:
  • PPN ka(a)kaa.

1. n. Small root, rootlet, vein, artery, nerve, tendon, muscle.

• Figuratively, womb, offspring.
• Examples:
  • Aʻa koni, throbbing vein or artery, pulse; throbbing, as with excitement or passion.
  • Aʻa lewalewa, aerial roots, as put forth by ʻōhiʻa trees at high altitudes or in damp climates.
  • ʻŌ kuʻu aʻa kēia, this is my offspring.
  • Kuʻu kaikaina i ke aʻa hoʻokahi, my younger sibling of the same womb.
  • Ke koko maloko o nā aʻa, blood in the veins.
• Related:
  • hoʻoaʻa Caus/sim.; To cause a plant or slip to take root; to take root.
• References:
  • See ex., cerebral hemorrhage.
  • PPN aka , PPN waka .

2. nvt. To send greetings or love; joyous hospitality; joy at greeting a loved one.

• Examples:
  • Makamaka aʻa, friend who is warmly hospitable.
  • Ā e aʻa ana ʻo mea mā iāʻoe, then they send their regards to you.
• References:
  • Cf. haaʻa.