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holowaʻa

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

1. n., Trough, especially vessel in which kava was mixed; oblong box, coffin, chest, cradle; furrow, as for planting sugar cane.

  • Examples:
    • Holowaʻa waiho aniani, handmade mirror fitted into a wooden frame, as of wiliwili wood.
    • Kau i ka lani ka holowaʻa ua o Hilo, placed in the heavens is the rain trough of Hilo [admiration for one of regal bearing].
  • Related:

2. n., Sheath covering coconut flowers.

  • Related:

3. n., Shuttle into which the bobbin of a sewing machine is slipped after it is filled with thread.

4. n., A kind of fish net.

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HO-LO-WAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Holo and waa, canoe. A box; a chest; a trunk; a coffin; a cradle.

2. A species of fishing net.

3. A trough; a watering trough. Puk. 2:16.

holowaa

/ hō'-lŏ'-wa'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Holo and waa, canoe.]

1. n., A box; a chest; a trunk; a coffin; a cradle; an oblong receptacle. See kawaa.

2. n., A species of fishing net.

3. n., A trough; a watering trough.

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holowaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fishnet. No data.

holowa‘a

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

box, chest, cradle.

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