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holoi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., To wash, clean, scour, scrub, rub, erase, wipe (Biblical); washing, erasure.

  • Examples:
    • Mea holoi, washing, laundry, eraser.
    • Holoi ā nalo, erase completely, blot out.
  • Related:
    • hoʻoholoi Caus/sim.; To have washed, cleaned; to pretend to wash.
  • References:

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holoi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, To delete or clear, as in computer program.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • E holoi i ka ʻikepili e kū nei. Clear the existing data.
    • Holoi i hope. To backspace, as on an IBM computer; to delete, as with delete key on a Macintosh computer.

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holoi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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holoi

/ HO-LOI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To wash with water, as clothes; to separate the dirt from a thing.

2. To scrape or clean the dirt from the feet.

3. To brush clothes; to wipe; to cleanse.

4. To blot out, as a writing. 2 Nal. 21:13.

5. To clean in any way; holoi a maloo, to wipe clean. Ioan. 13:5.

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holoi

/ HO-LOI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Washed; cleansed by washing or wiping.

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holoi

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

to clean, wash, scrub.

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