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1. n., Period of time, epoch, era, time, occasion, season, age.

• Examples:
  • I ka wā o, at the time of, during.
  • I ka wā mua, i ka wā mamua, before, in past times, formerly.
  • I ka wā hea, when.
  • I ka wā i hala, before.
  • Wā mahope, future.
  • Ia wā, then, at the time.
  • Wā kamaliʻi, wā liʻiliʻi, childhood.
  • Wā uʻi, age of youth and beauty.
  • Mai kēia wā aku, from this time forth, henceforth.
  • Mai kēlā wā mai, from that time on.
  • I ka wā pau ʻole, i ka wā mau loa, forever, eternity.
  • Wā huli i luna ke alo, the time the belly turns up [infancy].
  • Nā wā me nā kau, seasons, chronology.
  • ʻAʻohe wā, almost, no time.
  • ʻAʻohe nohoʻi he wā, hoʻokuʻi ʻia e ke kaʻa, in no time at all, hit by the car; almost hit by the car.
• References:
  • PPN wahaʻa .

2. n., Tense, in grammar.

• Examples:
  • Wā i hala, past tense.
  • Wā e hiki mai ana, future tense.
• References:
  • Cf. wā ʻānō.

3. vi., To make a noise, roar, din; noisy, loud; to talk much, as of gossip: to talk loudly back and forth; to reason.

• Examples:
  • Wā ihola lākou iā lākou iho (Mat. 16.7), they reasoned among themselves.
• Related:
  • hoʻowā Caus/sim.; To make a sound, roar; to cause gossip, talk.
  • See ex., haʻanou.
  • Kai hoʻowā, roaring sea.
• References:
  • Cf. wawā.
  • PPN waa .

4. n., Space, interval, as between objects or time; in music, one of the four spaces of the staff; channel.

• References:
  • Cf. kōwā.
  • PPN waa .

5. n., Fret of an ʻukulele, guitar, or similar instrument.