kāoʻo
/ kā.oʻo /1. vt., To bind, tighten, as a belt.
2. Same as kāō.
- Examples:
- Hoʻomoe wai kahi ke kāoʻo, forward together in unity.
- References:
- See ex., kapakē.
3. vi., To ebb, of the sea.
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KA-OO
v. To bind; to tighten; to be in a press of people; to be in straits.
2. To punch, as a man does his own breast in the colic, with a stick or his hand.
KA-OO
s. Being in straits; suffering pain.
2. A multitude; applied to animals.
3. Also, a traveling company; same as huakaihele.
Kaoo (kā'-o'o), n.
/ kā'-o'o /1. A girding or exercising constraining force on, some part of the body to relieve pain.
2. A drawing tighter of the girdle or malo.
3. A multitude traveling together.
4. A crowd of people.
Kaoo (kā'-o'o), v.
/ kā'-o'o /1. To bind.
2. To tighten.
3. To be in an overwhelming crowd.
4. To be in straits.
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