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1. nvi. Light, day, daylight, dawn; to dawn, grow light; enlightened; to regain consciousness.

• Examples:
  • Piliwaiwai lākou ā ao ka pō, they gambled until night became day [all night long, until dawn].
  • Kēlā pō ā ao aʻe i nehinei, night before last; lit., that night that dawned yesterday.
  • Ā ao ka pō ā pō ke ao, when night becomes day until the day becomes night [for a night and a day].
  • Ua ao mai ka noʻonoʻo, the mind is functioning.
• Related:
  • hoʻāo Caus/sim.
    • a. To marry; marriage (old term, probably literally, to stay until daylight).
    • b. (Cap.) Night of the day called Huna, eleventh night of the month, when the hoʻāo nuptials took place. (PPN ʻaho.)
• References:
  • Cf. aokanaka.

2. n. Any kind of a cloud, including ʻōpua, but specifically, high clouds that when wind-blown scud along (kaʻa).

• Examples:
  • Ao kai lilo a Kāne, a cloud over the distant sea of Kāne [away out, where only cloud and sea are seen].
• References:
  • See ex., pūnohu #1, and cf. aokū, ao loa, ao ʻōnohi, aouli, ʻōpua, pālāmoa, pāpalamoa, puapuaʻa.
  • PPN ʻao.

3. n. World, earth, realm.

• Examples:
  • Ke ao o Milu, the realm of the underworld.

4. vt. To be careful, beware, watch out.

• Examples:
  • E ao naʻe ʻoe iā Kalahumoku (For. 5:413), beware then of Kalahumoku.
  • E ao ʻoe o ʻeha, be careful or you'll be hurt.

5. Rare variant of wao, upland area.

• Rare

6. idiom, The exact image of (preceded by a ʻe).

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka makuahine nō a ʻe ao, the image of the mother.

7. n. A kind of fine mat.

8. n. A kind of fish (no data).

• References:
  • KL. line 149.

kikino, Cloud, general term.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Hōkelo ao. Cloud chamber, i.e. a scientific device which detects nuclear particles through the formation of cloud tracks.
• References:
  • See lālahilewa, loa, ʻōpua.

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Ala ao. Diurnal, i.e. active during the daytime.
  • Mea ao ʻē. Extraterrestrial, space alien.

v. To be or become light or day, as in the morning; ua ao ka po, the night has become light. Oih. 12:18.

2. To awake, as from a vision or dream.

3. To come to one's right mind or self-possession.

4. To teach; instruct. Luk. 11:1.

5. To enlighten; instruct in one's duty or conduct. Oihk. 10:11.

6. To reprove; take heed; beware; to warn. Kin. 31:24.

7. To regard with reverence; to obey.

8. To charge strictly.

9. To learn to do a thing; to learn, to study, as a language; e na kumu e, e ao oukou i ka olelo Hawaii, O teachers, study the Hawaiian language.

10. To copy the example of others. Kanl. 18:9. In the imperative, e ao, look out; watch; be on your guard; take heed. Ios. 22:5.

v. Found only in hoo., conj. 3. To tempt; to try; to prove. Dan. 12:10.

2. To try one's conduct or fitness for a duty. Lunk. 7:4.

3. To try; assay. Kanl 4:34.

4. To try to do a thing to ascertain whether it can be done; e hoao e ae oe mamua a maopopo, a ina maopopo, alaila hana, try first whether the thing is feasible, if feasible, then do it.

5. To try; taste of. i. e., suffer, as pain or death. Mat. 16:18. To tempt, as the Holy Spirit. Oih. 5:9.

6. To try, i. e., to cohabit before marriage.

7. To exhibit or practice the shameless conduct of the sexes as in former times.

s. Light; day, in distinction from po. night. Kin. 1:5. For the different periods of time through the night, see Laieik. 30.

2. The world. Hal. 89:11. O ke ao nei, o keia ao, this world; o kela ao, the future world; na wahi ao, heavenly places. Epes. 1:3.

3. Light; applied to the light-green of fresh leaves of plants or trees; the green fresh buds; a kupu, a lau, a loa, a ao, a muo, a liko; the middle or new leaf of plants; as, ao ko, ao kalo.

4. Knowledge; instruction; ke ao ana, doctrine.

s. A cloud. Puk. 14:19. Ao pouli, a dark cloud. Puk. 14:20. Na mea nana i ke ao. observers of clouds. Kanl. 18:14.

adj. Enlightened; informed; instructed; mostly connected with naau, as naauao, and written as one word.

s. Dried kalo or potatoes (i. e., kalo or potatoes baked and dried,) used for food.

2. Sea-bread or any hard bread was called ao by Hawaiians when they first saw it.

s. Art., ka. Name of a species of bird. Laieik. 29.

1. To grow light or bright; to be or become light or day.

2. To begin to grow light in the morning; to break, as the day; to dawn.

3. To come into action or a realization of the truth, as after a state of indifference or the like; to become alert; to wake.

4. To take notice of; to regard with attention; to mind; to heed.

5. To develop shoots from buds or seeds; to germinate; to sprout.

6. To become overcast as with clouds; to cloud.

n., The bird (Himatione sanguinea). See akakane, and apane.

1. n., Food, such as taro or potatoes, that is baked and dried: often preserved for use in time of scarcity or famine.

2. n., Pilotbread; ship-biscuit; hardtack.

3. n., A collection of watery particles floating in the air; a cloud. The Hawaiian astrologers classified the clouds according to their natural or phenomenal appearances as portraying omens of good fortune and prosperity or of misfortune and disaster.

4. n., The light of day; daylight.

5. n., The time of sunlight between two nights; daytime; day.

6. n., The earth; the world.

7. n., A new shoot or bud on a plant; also, a protuberance containing an axis with its appendages in an early or undeveloped state; a bud. A kupu, a lau, a loa, a ao, a muo, a liko.

Informed; instructed; enlightened.

General term for clouds.

A kind of choice mat.

Day; to become light or day, as in the morning; dawn.

I. he kakaikahi no na ao ma Palesetine i ke kau, 1 Sam. 12:17, 18, a ina hoea mai na ao mai ke Kaiwaenahonua, he hoailona ia o ka ua, 1 Nalii 18:44; Luk. 12:54. Ua hoolikeia na ao me na mea lehulehu, Is. 60:8; Ier. 4:13. O na ao, o ka hoailona ia o ka noho mai ana o Iehova, e like me ia ma mauna Sinai, Puk. 19:9; 24:12-18; pela hoi maloko o ka luakini, Puk. 40:34; 1 Nalii 8:10; a maloko hoi o ke kia-ao, a ma ka mauna o ka Hoopahaohaoia. Ikea mai no o Iehova me kona nani iloko o na ao, Hal. 18:11, 12; 97:2, pela hoi o Kristo, Mat. 24:20; Hoik. 14:14-16.

(ke) ao day, daylight; The Earth ; cloud; enlightenment, knowledge.

v. to be or become light, as in the morning; to awake as from a dream or vision; to come to one’s self; to teach, enlighten; to warn, reprove; to take heed, beware; to regard with reverence, to obey; to charge strict-

s. light; day, in distinction from po night; hence, world, o ke ao nei, this world, o kda ao, the future world; light, applied to the light green of the fresh leaves of plants or trees, the green bads; A kupu a lau a loa a ao a muo a liko.

s. a cloud

s. knowledge, instruction, ao ana, doctrine

s. dried kalo or potatoes, used for food; also sea bread, any hard bread

s. a species of bird

adj. enlightened, informed, instructed

Rare variety of wao (PE).