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1. n., Intimate friend with whom one is on terms of receiving and giving freely; pal, buddy; host.

• Figuratively, anything very helpful, as education.
• Examples:
  • Kona makamaka, his friend.
• Related:
  • hoʻomakamaka Caus/sim.; To befriend, be a friend to, make a friend, cause to be friends.
    • Cf. hoʻokāmakamaka.
    • Hoʻomakamaka wahine, to make friends with a woman.
• References:
  • Cf. maka, beloved.

2. Reduplication of maka, raw, fresh.

3. n., Buds, as forming on the corm of a taro.

• References:
  • HP 5.

s., A friend; a beloved one; an intimate; one on terms of receiving and giving freely. Iob. 2:11. A relative. FIG. Anything to which one is greatly attached; hookahi hoi o kaua makamaka, o ka imi naauao, oia hoi ko kaua kuleana i noho ai ma keia kula nui, we two have only one friend, that is knowledge seeking, that is the right (reason) of our living at this high school.

adj., Good; beautiful; splendid; fresh; new.

adj., [Maka, fresh.] Fresh; new; young.

1. n., A friend; a beloved one; an intimate; one on terms of receiving and giving freely. Iob. 2:11.

2. n., A relative.

3. n., Fig. Anything; to which one is greatly attached: Hookahi hoi o kaua makamaka, o ka imi naauao, oia hoi ko kaua kuleana i noho ai ma keia kula nui, We two have only one friend, that is knowledge seeking, that is the right (reason) of our living at this high school.

friend; beloved one.

1. Initmate friend (PE). 2. A relative (AP).