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pōnaha

/ pō.naha / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Same as pōʻaha #1.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO ka pōnaha iho a ke ao, ka pipiʻo mālie maluna (UL 169), circling of clouds, arching calmly on high.
    • Pōnaha ke one, the sand is circular; figuratively, bloated, as the stomach.
  • References:

2. n., Round swelling in the body.

  • References:
    • Kam. 64:108.

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v. To be in a circular form, as an arc of a circle, or the arm bent a kimbo; as the legs when the knees are separated and the feet together; e o, e poepoe kanoa, e kae kanoa.

adj. Round; circular, as a sore, a pit or a volcano.

2. Deep, as a pit. See ONAHA and POHAHA.

Ponaha (pō'-nă'-ha), adj.

/ pō'-nă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Round; circular, as a sore, a pit or a volcano.

Ponaha (pō'-nă'-ha), n.

/ pō'-nă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A circular clearing or open space in a forest; any spot that escapes injury amid general destruction, as a kipuka in a lava flow.

Ponaha (pŏ-nā'-ha), v.

/ pŏ-nā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be in a circular form, as an arc of a circle, or the arm bent akimbo; as the legs when the knees are separated and the feet together; e o, e poepoe kanoa, e kae kanoa.

Arms bent akimbo, as in a circle or arc of a circle.

Round, circular, and deep, as a volcano, a pit, or a sore. See pōhaha.

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