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1. loc.n., In, inside, within; interior, mainland, inside; internal organs, as tripe, entrails (Gram. 8.6).

• Examples:
  • I loko, into, inside, on or to the mainland.
  • I ka moe ʻana o loko o ka hale (FS 259), while those in the house slept.
  • Ua lawe nui au no loko aʻe o kēia mau kānāwai, I have taken much from within these laws.
  • Kō loko, those inside.
  • Mea o loko, things inside, contents.
  • ʻO ka inaina i loko o kekahi hana hewa, malice in respect to the commission of any offense.
  • Make na loko, death caused by own relatives, or failure to observe one's taboo gods; literally, inside death.
• Related:
  • hoʻolako Caus/sim.; To insinuate, suggest, implant a thought, either good or bad.
• References:
  • PPN loto .

2. n., Character, disposition, heart, feelings.

• References:
  • Cf. loko hāiki, loko ʻino, loko liʻu, lokomaikaʻi.
  • PPN loto .

3. n., Pond, lake, pool.

4. n., Mainland of the United States (noted in a chant dated 1860, State Archives).

• Examples:
  • I loko aku nei au, I've been to the mainland.

5. n., In spite of, regardless.

• Examples:
  • I loko nō o ka waiwai, hana nō, in spite of wealth, working anyway.

6. n., By means of.

• Examples:
  • Loaʻa ka ʻāina iā mākou maloko o ka ikaika (For. 4:47), we won the land by force.

Aia i loko o ka papa. To take a class. Also komo i loko o ka papa, komo i ka papa.

kikino Lake. Dic. See Nāsē, Wīkōlia, ʻAlapaki, Tana.

Internal organs.

Inner part; that which is within, as applied to persons or internal organs. Often used in songs to refer to oneʻs inner feelings. The Hawaiians believed moral powers or dispositions had their base in the small intestines.

pond, lake.

1. Fish pond. Kaae v. Richardson, 18 Haw. 503, 504 (1907). 2. Pond, lake (T). 3. Water surrounded by land (SAM) (DM). 4. A pond; a lake; a small collection of water (AP). 5. Pond, lake, pool (PE).