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nvt., To wash, clean, scour, scrub, rub, erase, wipe (Biblical); washing, erasure.

• Examples:
  • Mea holoi, washing, laundry, eraser.
  • Holoi ā nalo, erase completely, blot out.
• Related:
  • hoʻoholoi Caus/sim.; To have washed, cleaned; to pretend to wash.
• References:
  • 2 Nal. 21.13.
  • PPN soloʻi.

hamani, To delete or clear, as in computer program.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • E holoi i ka ʻikepili e kū nei. Clear the existing data.
  • Holoi i hope. To backspace, as on an IBM computer; to delete, as with delete key on a Macintosh computer.

• Examples:
  • Kopa mīkini holoi pā. Dishwasher soap.
• Related:
  • Mīkini holoi pā. Dishwasher.
  • Pena holoi. Primer for PVP pipe cement.

v. To wash with water, as clothes; to separate the dirt from a thing.

2. To scrape or clean the dirt from the feet.

3. To brush clothes; to wipe; to cleanse.

4. To blot out, as a writing. 2 Nal. 21:13.

5. To clean in any way; holoi a maloo, to wipe clean. Ioan. 13:5.

adj. Washed; cleansed by washing or wiping.

to clean, wash, scrub.