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nvt., Robber, pirate; to rob, plunder.

  • Examples:
    • E pōā wale ka hele aku ā kō haʻi ʻāina, make (For. 4:47), like a robber to go on the lands of others, death.
  • References:
    • See ex., For. 5:489.

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1. nvs. Castrated, emasculated; eunuch. Cf. lio poʻa, pipi poʻa. Ka luna o ka poʻe i poʻa ʻia (Dan. 1:3), the chief eunuch. (PPN poka.)

2. nvi. A sudden sound, as of flapping wings of a rooster, or of the thumping sound of the palms of the hands pressed together with fingers locked, or of hands striking the surface of the water; to make such sounds.

3. vt. To dig under, undermine.

iʻoa Algol, a star. Mān. (HA).

v. To castrate; to emasculate; to make one a eunuch; i poaia, castrated. Oihk. 22:44. E hoopau i ke ano kane. 2 Oihl. 18:8.

2. To throw water over one’s self; to dive, paddle or play in the water.

3. To cast up or spatter water.

4. To wallow and roll in the water like a hog.

s. One castrated; a eunuch.

adj. Castrated; despoiled of virility; he luna i poaia. 2 Nal. 8:6.

Poa (po'a), adj.

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

Castrated; emasculated; despoiled of virility; he luna i poaia.

Poa (po'a), n.

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

One castrated; a eunuch.

Poa (po'a), v.

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

1. To castrate; to emasculate; to make one a eunuch.

2. To dig under; to undermine.

Castrated, emasculated, despoiled of virility.

castrated.

To dig under, undermine (PE).

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