1. n. War club, cudgel, policeman's club; fluted stone, as held in the hand as a stone club; fluted stone inserted in one end of a war club or dagger, as the pāhoa.
2. nvi. To reel, stagger; dizziness, vertigo; dizzy. hoʻo.newa Caus/sim. (PCP newa.)
3. (Cap.) A constellation, probably the Southern Cross.
hehele To pass, of time. I loko o kēlā au kahiko i newa akula. In those ancient days passed. Trad. (Makakēhau). Cf. kūnewa (dic.).
v. To reel; to stagger, as one drunk; to walk as one who has been drinking hola.
2. To be dizzy, as one under the influence of vertigo. See NENEWA.
s. A staff; a cane; a cudgel; a war stick; laau kaua.
A staff; a cane: a cudgel; a war stick; a policeman's club; laau kaua; war club.
1. To reel; to stagger, as one drunk; to walk as one who has been drinking hola.
2. To be dizzy, as one under the influence of vertigo. Syn: Nenewa.
Wallow, as vessels at sea.
To be dizzy; to reel or stagger with vertigo.
To stagger.
Southern Cross; a boat-steering star. Also refers to Keoe, a constellation of Lyra including Vega. See Hōkū-keʻa.
War club, cudgel. Warriors would strike with the blunt club and stab or pierce with the sharp pointed pāhoa.
staff, cudgel; policeman’s club.
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