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1. n., Crescent; arch, as over door of ancient house (Kep. 101); crescent-shaped design at base of temple drum; crest, as on a helmet.

2. (Cap.) n., Second day of the month.

  • References:
    • Kep. 101 PCP Foata, Soata, cf. Easter oʻata.

3. nvi., Brightness; shining, glittering, splendid; to glitter, shine, flash as lightning, become daylight; to flame.

  • Figuratively, glory.
  • Examples:
    • Lele hoaka, to fly glittering, as fire sparks.
  • References:
    • PCP foata, soata.

4. v., To cast a shadow; to brandish, as a spear (2 Sam. 23.18), to drive away, ward off, frighten.

  • Examples:
    • Mai hele maʻō e hoaka ai i ke kai o holo ka iʻa, don't go over there and cast your shadow in the sea lest the fish run away.
  • References:

5. vt., To open, as the mouth.

  • References:
    • Hoik. 13.6.

6. n., Spirit, apparition, ghost (For. 6:370).

  • Examples:
    • Lele ka hoaka, the spirit has flown [of death; the glory of the land has departed].

7. n., Disease of the abdomen, perhaps appendicitis, rupture (followed by a qualifier).

Nā LepiliTags: time metaphors health religion

See ʻaka, to laugh.

See entries below. Pae moku hoaka. Island arc.

hamani To shadow, as on computer or in typesetting. Comb. hoʻ- + aka. See aka.

v. To lift up; to lift up, as a spear in fighting. 2 Sam. 23:18.

2. To drive away; to frighten.

3. To open; to open the mouth in speaking. See OAKA. Hoik. 13:6.

4. To glitter; to shine; to be splendid. Nahum. 2:3.

v. Ho for hoo, and aka, to laugh. To cause one to laugh; to laugh; to be pleased.

s. A name of one of the kapu days; the second day of the moon.

2. The crescent of the new moon; the hollow of the new moon.

3. The arch or lintel over a door. Puk. 12:7.

4. In speaking, a defense; an apology.

s. Brightness; shining; a glittering; a flaming torch. Nahum. 2:3. Glory, as of a people, i.e., their liberty; freedom.

1. One of the tabu days; the second day of the moon.

2. The crescent of the new moon; the hollow of the new moon.

3. The arch or lintel over a door.

Point, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Lit., crescent.

Arch or lintel over a door. (Puk. 12:7.)

One of the kapu days; second day of the moon. See Time: Nights of the Lunar Month.

Crescent of the new moon.

Second night of the lunar month, with a crescent-shaped moon, a kapu day. A favorable day for planting. Lit., clear.

s. a defence, an apology; the arch over a door, a lintel, a crescent as of the new moon, the hollow of the new moon

v. to drive away.

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