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HuliSearch «borrow»: He 5 i loaʻaFound 5.

Hōʻaiʻē, nonoi no ka manawa, laweʻaiʻē.

1. To borrow, take on credit. Lawe 'ai'ē.

2. To borrow or check out something by signing for it, as a book. Kāinoa.

3. To borrow, as a word from another language; also to introduce, as plants and animals to a particular place. Lawekahiki.

  • Examples:
    • A borrowed word. He huaʻōlelo i lawekahiki ʻia.
  • References:

borrow

/ Bor-row / Eng to Haw, Andrews (1865),

e noi aole nae lilo loa.

nonoĭ nō kā mănā’wă.

Borrow

/ Bŏr'rōw / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

E noi i kekahi mea no ka wa pokole.

E huli iā “borrow” ma Ulukau.

Search for “borrow” on Ulukau.

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