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1. nvs. Enough, sufficient, ample; to have enough, be satisfied.

• Related:
  • Lawa pono, plenty, abundant, ample, adequate.
  • Lawa pono ʻole, insufficient, deficit.
  • Kaʻa i ka lawa, to be enough.
  • hoʻolawa Caus/sim.; To supply, apportion sufficiently, equip.
    • E hoʻolawa mai ʻoe i lau hala e apaʻa ai kēia moena, supply me enough pandanus leaves to finish this mat.
• References:
  • PNP lawa.

2. vs. Possessed of enough or ample knowledge, hence wise, capable, competent.

• Examples:
  • Ua lawa ke ʻike, knowing a great deal.
  • Ua lawa i ka hānai keiki, wise in raising children.

3. vs. As soon as.

• Examples:
  • I lawa nō ā pau ka hana, hoʻi kāua, as soon as the work is finished, we'll leave.

4. nvs. Strong, husky; strong man, as in a king's retinue.

• References:
  • Cf. lawakua

5. vt. To bind, make fast, tie securely.

• References:
  • PPN lawa.

6. vs. White, as of a cock or dog.

• Examples:
  • Moa lawa, moa lawa kea, white cock.

7. A large shark fishhook.

• References:
  • AP.

v. To work out even to the edge or boundary of a land, i. e., to leave none uncultivated.

2. To fill a container up to the brim; hence,

3. To suffice; to be enough. Puk. 36:7. To satisfy.

4. Passively, to be satisfied; to have enough. Ioh. 6:7.

5. Hoo. To supply what is wanting. 1 Tes. 3:10.

6. To fulfill, as a task; to complete, as a job. Puk. 5:13.

s. The full finishing of a work.

2. The filling up of a vessel or container to the brim.

3. An enough; a sufficiency; a supply.

4. The name of a disease concerning which it is said, paapu ka opu i na iwi aoao.

5. A white fowl; he moa keokeo; such as was offered in sacrifice. Laieik. 49.

6. Name of a hook for catching sharks; he lawa ka makau mano.

7. The name of an office in the king's train.

adj. Sufficient; enough.

2. Full to the brim.

3. White; shining; he moa lawa, a white fowl. Laieik. 14.

1. Sufficient; enough; ample; adequate.

2. Full to the brim.

3. White, applied to a fowl: He moa lawa, a white cock. (Laieik. p. 14.) See lawaaeae, lawakea.

1. A sufficiency; a supply.

2. A stomach disease of which it is said, paapu ka opu i na iwi aoao.

3. A hook for catching sharks.

4. An office in the king's retinue.

To hold fast; to bind tightly.

1. To be enough; to be satisfied; to be supplied with; to have enough.

2. To be finished or completed, as a performance. Hoolawa is the transitive form.

A hook for catching sharks.

Disease about which it is said, paʻapū ka ʻōpū i nā iwi ʻaoʻao, the abdomen or stomach is stifled by the ribs. (A.)

Office in the kingʻs train; strong man, as in a kingʻs retinue.

White cock offered in worship. Lawaaʻeaʻe or lawakea, a white fowl mixed with red feathers.

enough, ample.

1. Sufficient. In re Will of Kamakea, 3 Haw. 799 (1877). 2. Sufficient, enough (AP).