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hā.wā.wā

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs. Unskilled, awkward, clumsy, incompetent, blundering; blunder, incompetence. Cf. waʻawaʻa. See saying, ʻō 2. Naʻau hāwāwā (Rom. 1.21), foolish heart. I make nō he hāwāwā, ʻauhea nohoʻi nā lima e ʻau mai? The unskilled die, where are arms to swim with? [Skill saves life.] A ke hoʻomake nei ka huhū i ka mea hāwāwā (Ioba 5.2), anger kills the foolish man.

HA-WA-WA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See HAWA. To be awkward; foolish; ignorant; not to know how to do things.

HA-WA-WA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Awkwardness; ignorance; without skill or energy to obtain it.

HA-WA-WA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Awkward; unapt; unskillful; ignorant; rude; weak in knowledge. Rom. 1:21. Mea hawawa, a silly person. Iob. 5:2.

Hawawa (hā'-wā'-wā'), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Awkward; unskillful; lacking knowledge of how to do or act.

Hawawa (hā'-wā'-wā'), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Awkwardness; clumsiness.

2. An unskilled person; one lacking in experience or knowledge.

Hawawa (ha-wa'-wa'), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be awkward; to be unskillful.

hāwāwā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Blundering, unskilled, awkward, foolish; without energy or intelligence to attain any success.

hawawa’

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

inexperience : awkward, clumsy.

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