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eo
vs., To lose, be defeated, beaten (if followed immediately by an animate subject and then by i-iā marking agent); to win, beat; winning, victory (in other environments).
- Examples:
- Mea eo, winner, victor.
- Inā kāua i kilu a i eo ʻoe iaʻu, alaila, ʻo kou kino ka uku, a i eo wau iā ʻoe, ʻo koʻu kino ka uku (FS 275), and if we play quoits, and I defeat you (literally, you are defeated by me), your body is the pay, and if you defeat me (literally, I am defeated by you), my body is the pay.
- Eo iaʻu ka hākōkō, I won the wrestling match.
- Nā ʻai eo (FS 283), the winning points.
- Ua eo au, I won.
- References:
- PCP eo.
eo
/ E-O /adj., See Eo, v., to gain. Finished; made an end of; complete; puni eo, a full accomplishment.
eo
/ E-O /s., A calabash or other vessel brimful of food; he aloha i ka. ipu ka eo.
eo
wager won: winning
Eo
v. to gain in a bet or wager.
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