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1. numeral, Four, fourth (commonly preceded by the numeral-marking prefixes, as ʻehā keiki, four children; Pōʻahā, Thursday; literally, fourth day).

• Examples:
  • ʻO nā manu kolo e hele ana ma nā hā (Oihk. 11.20), the fowls that creep, going upon all four.
• Related:
  • Hā and multiples of four are sacred or formulistic numbers.
  • Rarely used as an intensifier, as Waialua, laʻi ʻehā, Waialua, of fourfold calm.
• References:
  • Cf. kāuna.
  • PPN faa.

2. nvi., To breathe, exhale; to breathe upon, as kava after praying and before prognosticating; breath, life.

• Examples:
  • Hā ke akua i ka lewa, god breathed into the open space.
  • Ka hā o kona waha (2 Tes. 2.8), the spirit of his mouth; (Ioba. 15.30), the breath of his mouth.

3. nvs., Hoarse; hoarseness.

• References:
  • PPN faa.

4. nvs., Stalk that supports the leaf and enfolds the stem of certain plants, as taro, sugar cane; layers in a banana stump.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻohana.
  • PPN faʻa.

5. nvi., Trough, ditch, sluice; to form a ditch or trough.

• Examples:
  • Hā wai, water ditch or trough.
  • Hā ka iwi, the bones are a trough [of a thin person or of one straining in work].

6. n., Stick or furrowed stone used as a sinker, with hooks attached.

• Related:
  • Also: hā lawaiʻa.

7. n., A native tree (Eugenia [Syzygium] sandwicensis), with red, edible fruit about 8.5 mm. in diameter, related to the mountain apple, ʻōhiʻa ʻai. The bark was used to color tapa black.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻōhiʻa hā, and pāʻihi (on Maui).
• References:
  • Neal 635.

8. n., Fourth note in the musical scale, fa.

• Source:
  • English.

9. interjection, See ʻoia hoʻi hā.