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1. The near approach of morning.

2. The early dawn of the morning; the first light of day; morning twilight.

n., Morning.

• Examples:
  • Kakahiaka nui, early morning.
  • Kēia kakahiaka aku, later this morning.
• References:
  • Cf. Tahitian ʻaʻahiata, dawn.

Morning breaking the shades of night; morning. Kakahiaka nui, early morning.

Morning. Lit., breaking the shade of morning. Kakahiaka nui, early in the morning.

1. n., The land breeze that blows at night; hence, any cool breeze: he hau kekahi makani mauka mai, ua manao ia mai loko mai o ke kuahiwi kela makani. (This word has several forms. It usually takes ke for its article instead of ka; but the ke is sometimes united with it, and then it becomes kehau. This, however, requires a new article, which would he ke, ke kehau; but this article also sometimes adheres to the noun, and thus requires a new article still; hence the different forms of the word: hau, kehau, and ke kehau, all of which take corresponding articles.

2. n., Ancient name of a very gentle and hardly perceptible inland current of air in the evening and early morning; known also as kehau, supposed to indicate the dew point.

3. n., Dew; dew-drops.

4. n., The general name of snow, ice, frost, cold dew, etc: i hoomanawanui ai hoi kaua i ka hau huihui o ke kakahiaka, when we two also persevered in the cold frost of the morning; hau paa, hoar frost.

5. n., A soft porous stone used for smoothing and polishing calabashes.

6. n., A freely branching tree. (Paritium tiliaceum). Very common along the coast. Two species were known to Hawaiians, kaekae (light) and koii (heavy or hard). The light wood served for outriggers of canoes; the bark, tough and pliable, was used in making rope. See hau-kuahiwi.

s. The near approach of morning. Kin. 19:15.

2. The early dawn of the morning; the first light of day. Ios. 6:15. Twilight; molehulehu.

s., Ala, road, and ula, red.

1. A streak of light, such as is seen after the setting and before the rising sun. Kin. 32:24. Hence,

2. The first dawn of the morning. Hal. 46:5. The early dawn or first gleam of morning light. 2 Pet. 1:19.

[Ala, road, and ula, red.]

1. n., A streak of light, such as is seen after the setting and before the rising sun.

2. n., The first dawn of the morning; the early dawn or first gleam of morning light.

1. s., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning; kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours. 1 Sam. 11:11.

5. Some early part of the morning dawn.

s., Kakahi and aka, shade. LIT. Breaking the shade (of night), i. e., morning; kakahiaka nui, early in the morning. Puk. 8:16.

n., [Kakahi and aka, shade. Breaking the shade (of night).] Morning: kakahiaka nui, early in the morning.

n., Morning Star, Venus when seen in the morning.

• Related:
  • Also: Hōkūloa, Hōkūaliʻi.

s. Hoku and ao, light. The morning star; the bright star; the planet Venus when it is the morning star. See also HOKULOA.

n., Morning Star. Literally, early morning light.

nvt., nvs. Aloha, love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, loved one; beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable; to love, be fond of; to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection; to venerate; to remember with affection; to greet, hail.

• Examples:
  • Aloha ʻino! What a pity! Alas! [Expression of regret, either great or small.]
  • Aloha akua, love of god; divine love, pity, charity.
  • Mea aloha, loved one, beloved.
  • Aloha makua, considerate and thoughtful of parents and elders, filial.
  • Aloha ʻia, beloved, pitied.
  • Aloha pumehana, warm aloha, affection.
  • Me ke aloha o Kawena, with the love (or greeting) of Kawena.
  • ʻO wau iho nō me ke aloha, I remain, with very best regards.
  • Aloha ʻoe, ē Maria, ua piha ʻoe i ka maikaʻi, hail, Mary, full of grace.
  • Ē Maria hemolele, e aloha mai ʻoe iā mākou, Holy Mary, have mercy on us.
  • Aloha aʻe ana mākou i ke ehu wāwae o ka lani (chant for Kalākaua), we remember fondly the footprints of the king.
  • E aloha aku au i ka mea aʻu e manaʻo ai e aloha aku (Puk. 33.19), I show mercy to those I want to show mercy to.
  • Aloha nō ia mau lā o nā makahiki he kanalima i kūnewa akula! Affectionate [memories] of these days of fifty years past!
• Related:
  • Greetings! Hello! Good-by! Farewell! Alas! The common greetings follow:
    • Aloha ʻoe, may you be loved or greeted, greetings (to one person).
    • Aloha kāua, may there be friendship or love between us, greetings (to one person); dear Sir.
    • Aloha kākou, same as above, but to more than one person.
    • Ke aloha nō! Aloha! Greetings! (The nō may be prolonged for emphasis.) (Gram. 4.6)
    • The following greetings were introduced after European times; Aloha ahiahi, good evening. Aloha kakahiaka, good morning.
  • Aloha aliʻi, royalist, royal love.
  • hōaloha Caus/sim.; Rare variant of hoʻālohaloha. Cf. hoaloha.
• References:
  • Cf. aloha ʻāina, hanaaloha.
  • PPN ʻalofa .

1. v., To open, as a door; to open, as the dawn or advance of light in the morning; a wehe ae la ke alaula o ke ao, pau ka pouli.

2. To uncover what is covered up; to uncover, as the head. Oihk. 10:6. To uncover for illicit purposes. Oihk. 18:6, 7.

3. To strip off the clothes from one.

4. To open, as the eyes. FIG. To open, as the heart.

5. To open, as a well or cave. Ios. 10:22.

6. To open, as a book; to unfold, as a scroll. Neh. 8:5.

7. To loosen; to untie, as a string or rope.

8. To disregard or disbelieve one’s word.

9. To reject a favor. NOTE.—The passive is sometimes written wehea instead of weheia.

1. v., To open, as a door.

2. v., To open, as the dawn or advance of light in the morning.

3. v., To strip off.

4. v., To open, as the eyes.

5. v., Fig. To open, as the heart.

6. v., To displace, as in removing an obstruction; to exhibit; to make manifest: to make public.

7. v., To loosen or untie.

1. nvi. Jaw, cheekbone.

• Figuratively, to talk a lot, jabber, jibber jabber.
• Examples:
  • Ke ā nui, ke ā iki, big jaw, little jaw [bragging and wheedling, as of a man seeking the favor of a woman].
• Related:
  • hoʻā Caus/sim.; To talk a lot, jabber.
• References:
  • PCP aa .

2. n. An instrument made of smooth bone, formerly used for abortion, lancing, or bleeding.

• Related:
  • Also: āʻōʻō, piercing ā.

3. nvs. Mold found in souring foods, especially poi, generally known as Oidium lactis or Oospora lactis, but now called Geotrichum candidum 🌐.

4. conj. and prep., When, at the time when, until, to, as far as, and, or rare, and then, but (usually preceding verbs, whereas a me usually precedes nouns; ā may also connect words translated by English adjectives, as he po'e kuli ā ʻāʻā, a people deaf and dumb; nani ā pumehana kēia kakahiaka, this morning is beautiful and warm). (Gram. 9.5, 11.1.) Ā also connects verb + noun compounds: see ʻai ā manō, holoāiʻa, Gram. 8.7.2.

• Examples:
  • Ā hiki mai ia, when he arrives.
  • Hola ʻelua ā ʻoi, a little after two o'clock.
  • Noho ʻoia malaila ā make, he lived there until death.
  • Prolonged ā may designate a protracted period of time or distance, a long continued action, or emphasis.
  • Aloha ā nui, much, much aloha.
  • Mahalo ā nui, thanks very, very much.
  • Holo aʻela ia ā hiki i ka ʻāina kahiki, he sailed and sailed and sailed until he reached a foreign country.
  • Hele ā uka, go clear to the uplands.
• References:
  • PCP a .

1. s., The name of the long coarse grass used in thatching houses; so called from the easy manner in which the seeds are detached from the stalk and adhere to a person’s clothes.

2. The adhering or uniting of one thing with another.

3. The name of shingles from their taking the place of the grass pili in covering houses.

4. The name given to nine o'clock in the evening, from the game puhenehene; ka pili o ka po. See pilipuka.

5. The name of what belongs to one, as his property, children or friends; kona mea pili, what belongs to one. FIG. Ka pili ame ka mauu, all that belongs to one.

6. Ka pili o ke ao ae, nearness; united with; in the morning. Mar. 1:35.

s., A space between two objects, as between two rafters or two posts of a house; hence.

2. A space between two points of time.

3. A definite period of time, as the lifetime of a person; i ka wā i hiki mai ai ʻo Vanekouva, at the time Vancouver arrived; wā kamaliʻi, time of childhood; ka wā ana aʻo (see wanaaʻo), the early dawn of the morning. NOTE.—The Hawaiian year was formerly divided into two wās. ʻElua nō wā o ka makahiki hoʻokahi, ʻo ke kau a ʻo ka hoʻoilo, there are two wās (periods) in one year, the kau (summer) and the hoʻoilo (winter).

4. In grammar, a tense.

5. A situation without friends or connexions, as in the phrase kū i ka wā, independent. He aliʻi e noho wale ana i ka wā, a chief without subjects.

1. A space between two objects, as between two rafters or two posts of a house; hence,

2. A space between two points of time.

3. A definite period of time, as the lifetime of a person: I ka wa i hiki mai ai o Vanekouva, at the time Vancouver arrived; wa kamalii, time of childhood; ka wa ana ao (see wanaao), the early dawn of the morning. (The Hawaiian year formerly was divided into two wa. Elua no wa o ka makahiki hookahi, o ke kau a o ka hooilo, there are two wa (periods) in one year, the kau, summer, and the hooilo, winter.

4. Private talk or gossip concerning the characters of others; rumor.

5. An echo.

s. The general name of snow, ice, frost, cold dew, &c.; i hoomanawanui ai hoi kaua i ka hau huihui o ke kakahiaka, when we two also persevered in the cold frost of the morning; hau paa, hoar frost. Puk. 16:14. In the same verse hau is rendered dew; snow. Nah. 12:10.

2. The rough bristles of a hog when angry; huhu ka puaa. ku ka hau; hence,

3. Anger; applied figuratively to men.

4. Name of a species of soft porous stone.

1. v., To besmear; to daub over.

2. To anoint. Ioan. 12:3. To consecrate by anointing, as a priest. Puk. 23:41. To anoint, as a king. Lunk. 9:8. Mea poni, an anointed one.

3. To rub over some odoriferous matter; to cause a pleasant odor.

4. To be cold, as in bathing early in the morning when the water is cold (and the skin turns purple.)

s., A variety of the kalo with purple stalks. NOTE.—In using, the outside of the stem is stripped off, squeezed in water, and then lemon juice and poi are added for stiffening, which makes a beautiful red.

2. Color; coloring matter. Ier. 10:9.

3. A mixture of colors; purple. Puk. 25:4. The light indistinct shades of colors in cloth.

4. The early dawn of the morning.

5. The anointing of a chief or god; ka hamo ana i ka mea ala i alii, i akua; ointment. Ioan. 12:3.

s. A fog; a mist; a cloud. Puk. 24:16. Smoke; vapor. Iob. 36:27. Ka ohu e uhi ana i ke kuahiwi, the light cloud that covers the mountains. SYN. with awa, fine rain; also noe, spray.

2. The breath of a person in a cold morning; o ka ohu no ia o ke kanaka. See MAHU.

1. A fog; a mist; a cloud; smoke; vapor: Ka ohu e uhi ana i ke kuahiwi, the light cloud that covers the mountains. Syn: Awa, fine rain; also noe, spray.

2. The breath of a person on a cold morning; o ka ohu no ia o ke kanaka. Syn: Mahu.

v. To break or to be broken, as a rope; ua mo ke kaula; the same as molcu.

2. FIG. To break or open, as light in the dawn of the morning; ua mo ka pawa.

3. Hoo. To strike against; to dash. See HOOILI, HOOPAE and HOOMO.

[Root form of moku, to divide.]

1. To break or to be broken, as a rope: ua mo ke kaula.

2. Fig. To break or open, as light in the dawn of the morning: ua mo ka pawa.

s. See HAU. The gentle land breeze at night on the west side of Hawaii.

2. The mountain breeze in the morning anywhere; e o'u poe hoa o ka la wela o Lahainaluna ame ke kehau anu o ke kakahiakanui.

3. A mist; a cold, fine rain floating in the air, mostly in the mountainous regions.

1. The gentle land breeze at night on the west side of Hawaii. See hau.

2. The mountain breeze in the morning or evening: e o'u poe hoa o ka la wela o Lahainaluna ame ke kehau anu o ke kakahiakanui.

3. A mist; a cold, watery vapor: mostly of the mountainous regions. See kewai.

4. Frosty air.

1. vs. Damp, wet, humid, moist, cool, refreshing. See ex., huʻahuʻa kai. Maʻū ka lepo o kēia wahi, the earth here is damp. Wā maʻu, cool time, as early morning. Hele kākou ʻoi maʻu, let's go while it's cool. Maʻū aʻela ka ihu, the nose is damp [as in a kiss]. hoʻo.maʻū To dampen, moisten, irrigate, soak, saturate, baste; to shade, cool. (PCP maakuu.)

2. Same as māʻau, to sprout. Cf. wao maʻukele.

3. nvs. A little, of some little value, of slight use but better than nothing. Cf. maʻū wale, pohō maʻū. Maʻū nō ia, it is better than nothing. He maʻū ia ike ʻana iā Hawaiʻi, this seeing of Hawaiʻi is better than nothing at all [at least it's something]. Maʻū nō ka ʻole, maʻū nō ka nele, nothing is better than that; that's worse than nothing.

adj. Statedly occurring; constant; continuous; evermore; never ceasing.

2. From mauu. Moist; wet; cool.

3. Obscured by the sun, as the stars in the morning.

4. Ceasing to flow, as the catamenia. Laieik. 173.

s. Pili and puka, a door or gate-way. The name given to the hour or time of three o’clock in the morning; aia i ka pili o ke kakahiaka, i ka pilipuka. See KAU, s.

2. Name of one of the puu kapus in playing the game of noa.

v. Wana, to appear, and ao, light. To dawn, as the first light in the morning; to appear, as the dawn. See WAANAAO.

[Wana, to appear, and ao, light.] To dawn, as the first light in the morning; to appear, as the dawn.

n. Name of a star of astrologers, said to rise in the early morning during the month of Kaulua.

nvt., Bundle, bag, container, parcel, packet; bale, as of hay; to tie up in a bundle.

• Examples:
  • Kaʻu wahi pūʻolo, my small bundle; figuratively, message, topic.
  • Hoʻi pūʻolo, to return home with a bundle, especially a gift (cf. hoʻina).
  • ʻO ka iliau loho i ka lā, pūʻolo hau kakahiaka (For. 4:283), the iliau plant drooping by day, the carrier of morning dew.
• References:
  • Cf. kiʻoʻōpae, mālama pūʻolo.

1. n., Silversides (Pranesus insularum), a fish 5 to 8 cm long, in shallow pools, used as bait for such fish as aku.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻiʻiao, ʻiomo.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of Jupiter appearing as the morning star; figuratively, dawn.

• Examples:
  • Wehe aʻela ka ʻIao (FS 59), dawn breaks.

3. (Cap.) n., Valley and peak, West Maui.

4. n., A bird said to resemble the moho (no data).

v. To be or become light or day, as in the morning; ua ao ka po, the night has become light. Oih. 12:18.

2. To awake, as from a vision or dream.

3. To come to one's right mind or self-possession.

4. To teach; instruct. Luk. 11:1.

5. To enlighten; instruct in one's duty or conduct. Oihk. 10:11.

6. To reprove; take heed; beware; to warn. Kin. 31:24.

7. To regard with reverence; to obey.

8. To charge strictly.

9. To learn to do a thing; to learn, to study, as a language; e na kumu e, e ao oukou i ka olelo Hawaii, O teachers, study the Hawaiian language.

10. To copy the example of others. Kanl. 18:9. In the imperative, e ao, look out; watch; be on your guard; take heed. Ios. 22:5.

1. To grow light or bright; to be or become light or day.

2. To begin to grow light in the morning; to break, as the day; to dawn.

3. To come into action or a realization of the truth, as after a state of indifference or the like; to become alert; to wake.

4. To take notice of; to regard with attention; to mind; to heed.

5. To develop shoots from buds or seeds; to germinate; to sprout.

6. To become overcast as with clouds; to cloud.

adj. Ke keiki oili wale, an untimely birth. Kekah. 6:3. Ka manu oili leo lea o ke kakahiaka, the bird of the morning unfolding a lovely voice.

1. A pleasing effluence; a bringing out of fragrant odors.

2. Fragrance.

Ke kololio a ke kehau o ia uka,
E lawe mai ana i ka nae aala o ke kiele.
The whiff of the morning air of that upland.
Bringing out sweet odors of the kiele (a flower).

vs., Alert, prompt; early on hand.

• Examples:
  • E mikiʻala mai i ke kakahiaka nui, be here promptly in the early morning.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻoihana mikiʻala.

v. Miki and ala, to rise up. To arise quickly or early in the morning; to be prompt in getting up; hence,

2. To be in season; to be promptly on the ground and ready prepared; e mikiala mai i kakahiaka nui, be here bright and early.

[Miki, to be active, and ala, to rise up.]

1. To rise quickly or early in the morning; to be prompt in getting up; hence,

2. To be in season; to be promptly on the ground and ready prepared: E mikiala mai i kakahiaka nui, Be here bright and early.

adj. Cool; cold; chilly, as the morning air from the mountain; i hoomanawanui ai hoi kaua i ka hau huihui o ke kakahiaka; cold, as cold water. Mat. 10:42.

Cold; chill: I hoomanawanui ai hoi kaua i ka huihui o ke kakahiaka, You and I endured the cold of the early morning.

Good morning.

• References:
  • See aloha.

nvi. To shine, glitter, sparkle; bright, brilliant; splendor, brilliancy. ʻAlohi e like me ka lā i ke awakea, bright as the sun at noon. Ke ʻalohi kea o ke ano kakahiaka, the white light of morning, (PCP kalo(f,s)i.)

1. n., The darkness just before dawn, predawn.

• Examples:
  • Moku ka pawa, the predawn darkness is breaking.
  • I ka moku ʻana o ka pawa (1 Sam. 11.11), in the morning watch.
• References:
  • See mokupawa.

2. vs., Smooth, fat and sleek.

• Rare

3. n., Custom.

• Rare

4. (Cap.) n., Name of a star (no data).

1. n., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. n., The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. n., The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning: kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. n., A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours.

1. Same as hāpapa #1, hāpapa #2, hāpapa #3.

2. vi., Voracious in appetite, destructive.

• Examples:
  • Niuhi kāpapa o ka moana, shark of the deep sea, voracious in appetite [an epithet for Kamehameha I].

3. nvi., Rhythmic tapping of canoe side with a paddle to drive fish into a net; to do so.

• Examples:
  • Kāpapa ulua, to drive ulua thus; figuratively, to obtain a human victim or sacrifice him (FS 143); priest who makes the sacrifice.

4. vi., To do in unison, as of crowing cocks; all together.

• Examples:
  • Ā hiki i ka wanaʻao, kāpapa ana nā moa, when morning arrived, the cocks crossed together.

5. n., A variety of sweet potato (no data).

• References:
  • For. 5:664–5.

Redup. of poni 2. Kakahiaka poniponi, purple morning [before dawn]. (PPN pongipongi.)

s. See PONI. The different but somewhat blended colors of changeable silk.

2. Kapa painted with different colors.

3. The early dawn of the morning from the mixed colors; hence, purple.

1. nvi., Club, association, society, corporation, company, institution, organization, band, league, firm, joint ownership, partnership, union, alliance, troupe, team; to form a society or organization; to meet, intermingle, associate, congregate.

• Source:
  • Probably hū #7 + -i, transitivizer; cf. Gram. 6.6.4.
• Examples:
  • A hui hou aku, goodby; till [we] meet again.
• hoʻohui Caus/sim.; To form a society.
  • Palapala hoʻohui, charter, as of an association.
• References:
  • PPN fuhi .

2. nvi., To join, unite, combine, mix; combination.

• Examples:
  • Hui ʻia, united, joined, joint.
  • Nā mahele i hui ʻia, combined precincts.
  • Hui ka ʻaha, to press together, of a crowd; to mingle, as two sides at the conclusion of an athletic competition (For. 5:407).
  • Ka hui ʻia o ka loa a me ka laulā, pēlā e loaʻa mai ai ka ʻalea, the multiplication of the length and the width, thus is obtained the area.
• Related:
  • hoʻohui Caus/sim.; To join, as two words; to add a prefix or suffix; to add on, annex, append, unite; to introduce one person to another; meeting of persons; binder.
    • Hoʻohui ʻia, united, allied.
    • Hoʻohui ā hoʻopaʻa, to bring together, consolidate.
    • Hoʻohui ʻana, union, joining.
    • Hoʻohui ʻāina, joining of lands, annexation.
    • Hoʻohui helu, to connect, as telephone numbers by a telephone operator.
    • Ka hoʻohui o ka mīkini humuhumu, sewing machine binder.
• References:
  • See hui pū and saying, nāwao #1.
  • PPN fuhi .

3. n., A plus sign.

4. n., Cluster, as of grapes or coconuts; bunch, as of bananas.

• Related:
  • Also: huhui, huihui.

5. n., Chorus of a song.

6. n., Flippers of a turtle.

• Examples:
  • Ua loha nā hui o Hāʻupu, the flippers of Hāʻupu droop [an aged person, a reference to the story of Kana and Niheu, in which a turtle lifted up Hāʻupu hill on Molokaʻi].

7. Variant of huli, to turn, seek.

• Examples:
  • Hui iho nei ka waʻa a Kamohoaliʻi (chant), Kamohoaliʻi's canoe turned.

8. n., Small uniting stick in a thatched roof, supporting rod for purlins.

9. vi., To disperse, as a meeting.

10. A prayer on the morning after ʻanāʻanā sorcery. (For. 6:17.) (Pronunciation uncertain: perhaps huʻi.)

1. s., A uniting; an assembling.

2. A cluster or collection of things; as, hui maia, a bunch of bananas; hui kalo, a kalo hill; hui waina, a cluster of grapes; hui niu, a cluster of cocoanuts.

3. The flippers of the sea-turtle.

4. The small uniting sticks in a thatched house, parallel with the posts and rafters and between them.

5. Bodily pain; rheumatic pain; niho hui, the toothache.

6. The name of the prayer on the morning after the anaana. See huihui.

adj., Cool; cold; chilly, as the morning air from the mountain; i hoomanawanui ai hoi kaua i ka hau huihui o ke kakahiaka; cold, as cold water. Mat. 10:42.

v., To be or become morning.

v., To be or become morning.

s. Hoku and loa, great. The morning star. See HOKUAO, also MANANALO.

[Hoku and loa, great.]

1. The morning star. Syn: Hokuao. Also called Mananalo.

2. Venus.

[Hoku, star, and ao, light.] The planet Venus when it is the morning star. Also called hokuloa.

The glimmering or first dawn of light in the morning: a wehe ke alaula, a pualena, a ao loa.

v. To feel the chilling breeze of a cold morning when the skin contracts with cold; to suffer the same from being long in the water.

s. The shade of the morning or evening; twilight. Ier. 6:4. Ka malamalama iki e nalowale ai ka ili kanaka.

n. Name of a morning star.

s. A singular appearance of the sky in the morning; a sign of rain; he kahaea ia, he aouli ua ia.

1. A disease, thrush, when it spreads over the body. See ea.

2. [Kaha, to deprive of, and ea, life or breath.] One who deprives others of their natural rights.

3. A certain formation or cluster of clouds foreshadowing future events. It was such a cloud formation that warned Keopulupulu of his death by Kahahana.

4. A singular bluish appearance of the sky in the morning; a sign of rain; he kahaea ia, he aouli ua ia.

1. vs., Seven generations removed.

• References:
  • Cf. kua-, kuakahi, kualua, etc.

2. Five times, especially said of medicines given once a day for five days or five successive times morning and evening.

s., See wehe, to open. A definite period of time in the morning; a i ka owehewehe ana o ka alaula. Laieik. 30.

s. Wa, time, a of, na, article, and ao, light. LIT. The time of the lights, i. e., the first rays of the sun; early morning; the early dawn. NOTE.—In common use, the word is contracted into wanaao. See WANAAO.

[Wa, time, a, of, na, the, and ao, light.] The first rays of the sun; early morning; the early dawn. (In common use, the word is contracted into wanaao.)

s. The opening of the morning; the first rays of light; malio pawa o ke kakahiaka. See PAWA.

The opening of the morning; the first rays of light; malio pawa o ke kakahiaka. Syn: Pawa.

s. Sunsetting; twilight of morning or evening; partial light.

s. A bluish cloud; seen in the east in the morning it was considered a sign of rain; he papalaoa, he palamoa he man ouli ua ia.

Dark blue color, name applied to the dark clouds that portend rain; seen in the east in the morning it was considered a sign of rain; he papalaoa, he palamoa he mau ouli ua ia.

v. From the English; kula, school. To have school, that is, to attend school; to go through the exercises of school; alaila, kukula iho la kakou i kakahiaka nui, then we attended school early in the morning.

[Eng. Kula, school.] To have school, that is, to attend school; to go through the exercises of school: alalia, kukula iho la kakou i kakahiaka nui, then we attended school early in the morning. See kula.

n. The dust of morning. Fig., dawn, youth, a shower that clears quickly.

The giving up of a plan or intention: a retraction; a receding: ka weheana o ke alaula, the receding of the morning twilight.

n. Early in the morning. Ala i ka wā pō iki (chant), rise in the early morn.

v. For hokuloa. The morning star.

1. The glow observed in the sky at early morning and evening.

2. The red or yellow appearance of dust raised by the wind.

HAI 93 HAK

v. To sleep a long time; to sleep till late in the morning; aole Wakea i ala mai, ua moeloa.

To sleep a long time; to sleep till late in the morning; aole Wakea i ala mai, ua moeloa.