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nuʻa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Thick; piled one on top of the other, as leis, mats, or ocean swells; heaped; lush, thick-growing; much traveled, as a road; multitude, as of people, mass.

  • Examples:
    • Moena kumu nuʻa, a sleeping mat made thick at one end to serve as a head rest; literally, mat piled beginning.
    • Nuʻa moena, a heap of mats.
    • Nuʻa kanaka, many people.
    • Haki nuʻa ka uahi i ke kai, the spray breaks in masses in the sea.
    • Ka nuʻa o ka palai, the thick clump of palai ferns.
  • Related:
    • Also: hānuʻa.
    • hoʻonuʻa Caus/sim.; To heap up; to give generously and continuously; to indulge, as a child; surging, rising in swells, as the sea.

2. n., A kind of seaweed.

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nua

/ NU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To tread up, as dirt in a path from much travel; nua ke ala a hele ku ke ea.

2. To come together in great numbers as people assemble.

3. To sit down to rest, as a traveling company.

4. To go constantly in the same place.

5. To turn up dirt, as a hog; to root.

6. To be accustomed or practiced in any business.

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nua

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / NU-A / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Trodden up, as a road frequently or much trodden.

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nua

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / nu'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Trodden, as a road frequently or much trodden.

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nua

/ nu'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be trodden up, as a path from much travel; nua ke ala a hele ku ke ea.

2. v., To come together in great numbers as people assemble.

3. v., To be assembled without order.

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nuʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Heap of mats, perhaps eight or ten, piled one on top of another.

nuʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Road much traveled; mats and leis stacked in thick piles; surging, rising in swells, as the ocean.

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