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interjection, None; no, not; to have or be none; there is no one who (in subordinate phrases).

• Examples:
  • ʻOia kamaʻilio aku ā ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai, while talking until the tongue is coated, [yet] no one is listened to.
• Related:
  • ʻAʻohe is a contraction of the negative ʻaʻole and he, the indefinite article (Gram. 10.2). It is often followed by zero possessives, as ʻaʻohe āna hana, he has no work; ʻaʻohe oʻu makemake i poi, I don't want any poi.
  • Today a gesture is commonly used by all races to replace ʻaʻohe koena, there isn't any more, or ʻaʻole, no. The gesture, taken from Hawaiians, is a quick flick of the hand with the palm turned downward and away front the body, originally significant of an empty hand.