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hākālia

ʻaʻanostative verb / hā.kā.lia / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Slow, dilatory [used idiomatically].

  • Examples:
    • Hākālia nō ā, as soon as.
    • Hākālia nō ā ao, ʻo kō mākou hele nō ia, as soon as it became day, we went.
    • ʻAʻole hākālia pau kēia, not long, this will be finished.
    • E hākālia anei kekahi mea iā Iēhowa? (Kin. 18.14.) Does Jehovah have to wait for anything?

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v. Hakaia, the l inserted. Gram.§ 48. To be hard; difficult to accomplish. Kin. 18:14.

2. To be dilatory; slow in doing a thing; ua hakalia ka amo ana o ka maka, slow was the winking of the eyes.

3. Hoo. To defer or put off doing. Kekah. 5:4.

s. A difficulty in doing a thing; meeting with obstacles; a detention; he hewa nui, o keia hakalia o lakou, the great error was this slowness of them. See explanations in the next.

adj. Long in doing a thing; dilatory; slow; taking too much time; also,

2. Careless; unthinking; holo makou me ka hoopiipii mau ana ame ka hakalia.

Hakalia (ha'-kā-lī'-a), adj.

/ ha'-kā-lī'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Dilatory; slow; taking too much time.

Hakalia (hā'-kā-lī'-a), n.

/ hā'-kā-lī'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Detention; slowness: he hewa nui, o keia hakalia o lakou; the great error was this slowness of them.

Hakalia (hā'-kā-lī'-a), v.

/ hā'-kā-lī'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be dilatory; slow in doing a thing.

HAK 94 HAK

delay, slowness; space of time.

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