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nvs., To find, get, obtain, discover, acquire, have, take, earn, gain, incur, locate, procure, reach, receive, catch, win, succeed; gain, earnings, profit, spoils, harvest, revenue, income, winnings, receipts, wealth, product, property, success, solution, answer; to have or beget a child; to be born; to find none to compare with; unequalled, incomparable, successful (often pronounced loʻa: Gram. 2.7).

• Examples:
  • Loaʻa ka hale i ke aliʻi, the chief has a house.
  • Kanaka loaʻa ʻole, a person who gains little, has little.
  • He mea loaʻa wale nō kēlā iā mākou, that's something we can easily get.
  • He mau maka loaʻa ʻole, eyes not easily obtained [said affectionately of a high chief not easily approached].
  • Ua ʻai au i kāna loaʻa, I've eaten his earnings [said in pride by a parent who is cared for by a son or daughter].
  • He mea pili o ka loaʻa (Kep. 109), one to whom gain clings.
  • ʻO kaʻu loaʻa nō kēia, this is what I've gained.
  • Ka mea e loaʻa ana (ka mea e loʻana), anything at all, whatever is to be had.
  • Ka manawa e loaʻa ana, any convenient time.
  • ʻO ʻoe ka mea e loaʻa ai aʻu wāhine, no ka mea ua pau loa kuʻu waiwai iā lāua, ʻaʻohe naʻe he loaʻa iki (FS 229), you're the one who can win my wives, because my wealth is entirely spent on the two without any success at all.
  • Loaʻa au i ke anu, I caught a cold; literally, the cold catches me.
  • Loaʻa Kāne-ālai, ke kupuna o lākou (chant), their ancestor, Kāne-ālai, was born.
  • Kaʻu kāne i loaʻa ai ʻoe, my husband by whom you were begot.
  • E nānā wāhine aʻe nō wau, ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa, I look at all other women, there's not another your equal.
  • ʻAʻole e loaʻa mai keiki o ke kaona (song), none as fine as boys of the town.
  • Ma ka hīmeni, ʻaʻohe ʻoe e loaʻa, in singing you have no equal.
• Related:
  • This extremely common word is a model for loaʻa-stative verbs: Gram. 4.4.
  • hoʻoloaʻa Caus/sim.; To obtain, find, get; product, answer, etc.
• References:
  • See haʻiloaʻa, huina loaʻa.
  • PEP loaka .

nvs., Rough jagged stone, either coral or lava; hence, hard, severe, as a taboo.

• Examples:
  • He kānāwai kū i ka loʻaʻā, a cruel law.