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Rare var. of ʻolohani.

s. Eng. All hands; the name given to Mr. John Young.

Olohana (ŏ'-lo-hā'-na), n.

/ ŏ'-lo-hā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Eng.]

1. All hands; the name given to John Young.

2. A quitting work to exact terms from an employer.

Olohana (ŏ'-lo-hā'-na), v.

/ ŏ'-lo-hā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To strike or quit work. (Obsolete.) The word now used is olohani.

Olohana (o'lo-hăna):

/ o'lo-hăna / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

loud noise from work. Land section, Koolaupoko, Oahu.

ʻOlohana

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Wai-kīkī, Honolulu. Lit., all hands. (This was the Ha- waiian name of John Young, adviser and aide to Ka-mehameha I; as an English sailor and boatswain he had shouted this to his sailors. See Young.)

All hands, the name given to John Young. His other name was Keoniana. It was also the name of a trusted lieutenant of Kamehameha I.

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