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pawa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., The darkness just before dawn, predawn.

  • Examples:
    • Moku ka pawa, the predawn darkness is breaking.
    • I ka moku ʻana o ka pawa (1 Sam. 11.11), in the morning watch.
  • References:

2. vs., Smooth, fat and sleek.

  • Rare

3. n., Custom.

  • Rare

4. (Cap.) n., Name of a star (no data).

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pāwā

/ pā.wā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Same as oeoe, bull-roarer.

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pawa

/ PA-WA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning; kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours. 1 Sam. 11:11.

5. Some early part of the morning dawn.

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pawa

/ pă'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. n., The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. n., The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning: kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. n., A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours.

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pawa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sky; blue expanse of the sky; darkness before dawn.

pawa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Breaking of the dawn; darkness just before dawn.

pawa

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Land parcel. Also, mahìnaʻai (ESH).

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