ʻakoa
n., A small tree resembling koa; dye was made from its bark, and to color tapa.
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leki.mana (regimana) koa
n. Regiment. Eng.
A-KO-A
s. Kapa of a snuff color; so named from the dye made of the akoa tree; he kapa i kuku ia ma ka akoa; he paupau akoa.
Akoa (ā-kō'-ă), n.
/ ā-kō'-ă /1. A small tree resembling the koa tree found on Mauna Kea and in the Kona hills on Hawaii.
2. Tapa of a snuff color, so named from the dye made of the akoa tree: He kapa i kukuia ma ka akoa; he paupau akoa.
3. Snuff-colored dye made from the akoa.
4. The bark of the koa tree.
akoa
Snuff colored kapa colored with a dye from the akoa tree bark.
akoa
Small tree resembling the koa. A dye from this tree was used to give kapa a snuff color. (A.)
akoa
Small tree resembling the koa. A dye from the bark of this tree was used to give kapa a snuff color.
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