ʻiha.ʻiha
nvs. Feeling of discomfort of one needing to relieve himself; tight, taut, tense. ʻIhaʻiha ke kaula, the rope is taut. Noʻonoʻo ʻihaʻiha, mental anxiety, trouble, discomfort. hoʻo.ʻiha.ʻiha Bloated, uncomfortable. (PCP ki(f,s)a.)
nvs. Feeling of discomfort of one needing to relieve himself; tight, taut, tense. ʻIhaʻiha ke kaula, the rope is taut. Noʻonoʻo ʻihaʻiha, mental anxiety, trouble, discomfort. hoʻo.ʻiha.ʻiha Bloated, uncomfortable. (PCP ki(f,s)a.)
adj. Firmly drawn, as a rope; ua ihaiha ke kaula, ua maloeloe, strained.
adj. Ua ihaika ka puukole i ka mimi, ua iheihe; ua hele a ihaiha wale ka poe hana hewa, e hana mau ma ka hewa; to draw in, restrain, as one desiring to fulfill a call of nature, and is restrained by the presence of some one; so also having a desire to lasciviousness.
Hard-drawn; stretched tight; tense; taut: Ihaiha ke kaula; the rope is taut.
Strained to a state of great physical or mental tension.
Discomfort in restraining oneself from a call to nature.
Anxiety of someone needing to answer a call to nature but restrained by the presence of another.
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