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1. vi., Split, cracked, burst, grooved; to split, crack.

  • Figuratively, bereaved, forsaken.
  • Examples:
    • ʻAʻohe pono ka nohona o nā keiki ʻoā makua ʻole, the life of forsaken, parentless children is not good.

2. See also ʻowā #1, ʻowā #2, ʻowā #3, ʻowā #4, ʻowā #5.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors

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ʻōʻā

/ ʻō.ʻā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Mixed, as of colors in a lei or as blood.

  • Examples:
    • He lei kolohala uliuli i ʻōʻā ʻia me ke keʻokeʻo, a dark pheasant feather lei mixed with white.
    • He Hawaiʻi ʻoia akā ua ʻōʻā ʻia me ke koko Pākē, he's Hawaiian, but there is a little strain of Chinese also.

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1. n., House rafter; timbers in the side of a ship; sides of a rock wall.

2. n., Gill of a fish; mouth of an eel.

3. n., Maui name for kauila (Colubrina oppositifolia 🌐), a tree.

  • References:
    • Neal 541.

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ʻoā

kikinonoun / ʻoā / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, As in a sidewalk. Crack or split.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
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kikino, Green onion with a purple bulb becoming white close to the tip.

  • Source:
    • Mānaleo (RNM)
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Nā LepiliTags: flora

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ʻaʻano, Mixed, combined, in math and science.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

Nā LepiliTags: math science

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In science. The suffix -lysis.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
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ʻoā

heheleintransitive verb / ʻoā / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hehele, To crack or split.

s. A rafter of a house.

2. The timbers in the sides of a ship.

3. Name of the five parallel lines on which music is written.

s. A species of wood resembling mahogany.

adj. Bereaved; reduced to orphanage, as parents of children, or children of parents; aole pono na keiki oa makua ole, uncomfortable are children bereaved of parents.

v. To be bereaved of children; to have lost one's children.

2. To be bereaved of parents; to become orphans.

v. To gag; to heave, as one sick at the stomach.

2. To split, as a board or log. See OOE, OWA and OAOA.

v. To burst over, as a swollen stream.

2. To exceed; to go beyond; to pass over the point intended.

3. To shout, as a multitude of voices.

4. To roll, as a stone over a hill, or toss it over.

5. To change conversation.

Oa (o-ā'), adj.

/ o-ā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Forsaken, in a condition of want; needy; bereaved; reduced to orphanage, as parents of children, or children of parents: Aole pono na keiki oa makua ole, uncomfortable are children bereaved of parents.

Oa (o'a), n.

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

1. A rafter of a house.

2. The timbers in the sides of a ship.

3. The five parallel lines on which music is written; the staff.

4. Name on the island of Maui of the kauwila tree (Alphitonia excelsa). The wood resembles mahogany but is much harder.

Oa (ō-ā'), v.

/ ō-ā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To burst over, as a swollen stream.

2. To interchange talk, as in dialogue.

3. To gag; to heave, as one sick at the stomach.

4. To split, or open of itself, as a board or log. Same as owa. The latter is preferable.

Oa (o-ā'), v.

/ o-ā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To be made destitute.

2. To be bereaved of children; to have lost one's children.

3. To be bereaved of parents; to become orphans.

Rafter.

Maui name for the kauila tree (Columbrina oppositifolia). (NEAL 541.) See Plants: Uses.

Maui name for the kauila tree (Colubrina oppositifolia). Oʻa is a rare, native Hawaiian specimen with hard, dark-red, heavy wood, and it sinks in water. It was once valued for making spears and kapa beaters. The wood resembles mahogany except in grain. (NEAL 541.)

To split, as a log or board; timber in a shipʻs hull; five parallel lines on which music is written.

(ke) o‘a house rafter.

to burst over, as a stream.

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