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1. s., Night; the time after the going down of the sun; the time of the twenty-four hours opposite to ao, day.

2. Darkness; the time when the sun gives no light.

3. Chaos; the time before there was light; mai ka po mai, from chaos (darkness) hitherto, that is, from the beginning, from eternity.

4. The place of departed spirits; the place of torment. NOTE.—Hawaiians reckon time by nights rather than by days; as, Po akahi, first night, i. e., Monday; Po alua, second night, Tuesday. Po was counted as a god among the poe akuanoho.

1. v., To be dark; to darken; to become night; to be out of sight; to vanish; hence, to be slain; to be lost; e po i ke kaua, to be lost in war.

2. FIG. To be ignorant; to be wild; to be rude; to be uncultivated.

3. To overshadow, as the foliage of trees.

4. To assemble thickly together, as people; to come together in multitudes.

5. To emit an odoriferous smell. See puia.

1. adj., Dark; dark colored; obscure.

2. FIG. Ignorant; rude; wild; savage.

3. Unsocial; sour; unfriendly; crabbed.

is prefixed to a good many words, and seems to denote an intensive, thus: maikai, pomaikai; ino, poino; eleele, poeleele; pilikia, popilikia, &c.

1. v., To be dark; to darken; to become night; to be out of sight; to vanish; hence, to be slain; to be lost; e po i ke kaua, to be lost in war.

2. v., Fig. To be ignorant; to be wild; to be rude; to be uncultivated.

3. v., To overshadow, as the foliage of trees.

1. n., Night; the time after the going down of the sun; the time of the twentytour hours opposite to ao, day.

2. n., Darkness; the time when the sun gives no light.

3. n., Chaos; the time before there was light: mai ka po mai, from chaos (darkness) hitherto, that is, from the beginning, from eternity.

4. n., The place of departed spirits; the place of torment. (Hawaiians reckon time by nights rather than by days; as, po akahi, first night, that is, Monday; po alua, second night, Tuesday. Po was counted as a god among the poe akuanoho or the deified spirits of the deceased.)

1. adj., Dark; dark colored; obscure.

2. adj., Fig. Ignorant; rude; wild; savage.

3. adj., Unsocial; sour; unfriendly; crabbed.

prefix, It seems to have an intensive force, thus: maikai, pomaikai; ino, poino; eleele, poeleele; pilikia, popilikia, etc.

I. O ka po a me ke ao, o ka la okoa ia. Hoomaka iho la ka poe Hebera i ko lakou la i ke ahiahi, e like me kela olelo ma Kin. 1:5, 8, 13, 'O ke ahiahi a me ke kakahiaka, o ka la mua ia.' Ua heluia e na Hebera he 12 hora i ka po, he 12 i ke ao, aka, ioihi iho la na hora i kekahi manawa, pokole i kekahi manawa, pela hoi na hora o ke ao. E nana HORA.

II. ma ka Hebera, SHEOL, ma ka Helene, HADES, oia kahi e noho ai ka poe make, Hal. 16:10; Is. 14:9; Ez. 31:16. Maanei ke kanaka waiwai mahope o kona kanuia'i, Luk. 16:23. Ma keia mau pauku a me na pauku e ae, maopopo no ua ike na Iudaio i ka mau loa ana o ka uhane. O kekahi ano o keia olelo, he wahi pilikia kahi e noho ai ka poe hewa i kela ao; ua kapaia ma ke Kauoha Hou, o Gehena, ke awawa o Hinoma. E nana HINOMA. Ma 2 Pet. 2:4, ua oleloia, ua kiolaia na anela hewa ilalo i ka po. Ua hoikeia mai he wahi eha nui; ua kapaia, 'pouli ma waho,' 'lua ahi,' 'ahi pio ole,' apela aku, Mat. 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; 25:30, 41; Mar. 9:43-48 ; Iuda 13; Hoik. 20:14. He mau olelo nani paha keia e akaka ai ka poino o ka poe hewa. O ka hoahewa mai o ko lakou lunamanao, oia paha ko lakou eha nui, a me na mea e poino ai e pili ana i ka hewa. E like me ka nui o ka hewa, pela ka nui o ka poino, Mat. 10:15; 23:14; Luk. 12:47, 48. A ua mau loa ka poino, e like me ka mau loa o ka pomaikai o ka lani.

night, dark. obscure.

s. night, the time opposite to ao day, darkness, chaos, the period of a day, Note Hawaiians count time by night rather than by days. Maika po mai, literally from chaos until now, i. e. from the beginning. fig

v. to darken, to become night

v. to emit an adoriferous smell. See puia

is prefixed to a good many words the meaning of which is not very distinct but seems rather as an intensitive, maikai pomaikai, ino poino, eleele poeleele, pilikia popilikia, &c

place of departed spirits, place of torment, bell

together, with, in company; ku pu to stand together.