1. nvs. Dark; darkness, dark night. Fig., ignorance. He ʻano ē ka pouli nui, how strange is deep ignorance. Cf. kūpouli. hoʻo.pouli To darken, make dark, blind, mislead; to pretend to be ignorant or not know. Mai hoʻopouli mai ʻoe, ē ka hoa, ʻo wau nō kēia ʻo ka ʻanoʻi (song), do not feign ignorance, O companion, this is I, the lover. (PPN poʻuli).
2. n. Eclipse. Pouli ka mahina, eclipse of the moon. Pouli holoʻokoʻa ʻana a ka lā, total eclipse of the sun.
v. Po, night, and uli, black; dark. To be or become dark, as night. Puk. 10:22. To be affected with silence or sadness; spoken of the effects of love; aole loaa ia ia ka ono o ka ai, no ka mea, ua pouli i ke aloha, she perceived no sweetness in food, because she was in a dark state through love. Laieik. 205. Hoo. To cause darkness; to be darkened.
2. To darken; to blind morally. Rom. 1:21. E hoopoeleele mai i ka naau.
s. Darkness; want of light; night; moral darkness; ignorance; generally expressed by the word naaupo.
adj. Dark; obscure.
Dark; obscure.
Darkness: want of light; night; moral darkness; ignorance; generally expressed by naaupo.
[Po. night, and uli, black; dark.]
1. To be or become dark, as night.
2. To be disconsolate or sad: spoken of the effects of unrequited love; Aole loaa ia ia ka ono o ka ai no ka men, ua pouli i ke aloha, she perceived no sweetness in food; because she was in a dark state through love. Laieik. p. 205.
To be or become dark, as night.
This word speaks of the effects of love; ignorance, generally expressed by naʻaupō. Fig., to be affected with silence and sadness. Lit., black night, darkness.
I. he malamalama ole ia, Kin. 1:4; nolaila he poino a me ka pilikia kekahi ano, lob. 18:6; Hal. 107:10; Is. 8:22; 9:1, he la ole, a he hoku ole, nolaila o ka haule ana o na kanaka koikoi, a me ka haunaele ana o ke aupuni kekahi ano, Is. 13:10; Oih. 2:20. 'O na hana o ka pouli,' oia na hana haumia i hanaia e ka poe hoomanakii, Ep. 5:11. 'O ka pouli iwaho,' oia ka popilikia o ka poe i waihoia mawaho a paa ka puka o ka lani, Mat. 8:12. O ka pouli ma Aigupita, Puk. 10:21-23, he pouli hana mana ia; a pela hoi ka pouli e uhi ai i Iudea i ka wa i kaulia ai o Iesu ma ke kea, Luk. 23:43. Aole no ka pouli maoli o ka la keia; no ka mea, i ka wa moliaola, ua poepoe ka mahina, a i ka mahina hou wale no ka pouli ana o ka la.
dark, obscure.
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