1. vi., To talk loudly back and forth, roar.
2. nvi., Cry of the ʻaukuʻu, heron, which suggests ʻowā; to cry thus.
4. n., A measurement equal to half the width of a finger, of fishing nets.
5. n., In music, one of the five lines of the staff.
6. Variant spelling of ʻoā #1.
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s. The word given and constantly used by Kukuaokalalau for seizing his prey.
v. To be split, as a board. See OA.
A signal word used by Kukuaokalalau, a celebrated warrior of the island of Kauai, who fought under Kalanialiloa, one of the kings of Kauai; Here they be! Here they come!
To be split, as a board.
Measurement equal to half the width of a finger, as applied to the mesh of a fishnet.
Word given and constantly used by Kukuaokalalau for seiz- ing his prey. (A.)
To split, as a log or board; timber in a shipʻs hull; five parallel lines on which music is written.
to be split, as a board: to crack, as ground.
Measurement equal to half the width of one finger (PE).
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