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holoāiʻa

/ holo.ā.iʻa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvi., To swim like a fish; to get the bends; to drown, sink; the bends, caisson disease.

  • Examples:
    • Inu ʻoe ā holoāiʻa (Kel. 138), drink until [you] swim like [a] fish.
  • Related:
    • hoʻoholoāiʻa Caus/sim.
      • ʻO ke ʻano e hoʻoholoāiʻa ʻia ai ka moku kaua, mamuli ia o kona hoʻopahū ʻia ana aʻe, the way the warship was sunk, because of being bombed.
  • References:
    • Gram. 8.7.2.

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