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1. nvs. Truth; true.

  • Examples:
    • ʻOia nō! Yes, that's so; that's right, really.
    • ʻĀ ʻoia, certainly, that's right, really.
    • ʻOia ʻea! Is that so! So that's it!
    • ʻOia hoʻi! So it is! That's so! Namely … , as follows …
    • ʻOia paha, maybe so, all right (as in reluctant acquiescence).
    • Maka-puʻu lā a ʻoia mai, just this side of Maka-puʻu.
    • Ke nānā aku ʻoe i kēlā keiki, ʻoia nō ʻoe ʻo ke keko, when you look at that child, [he's] just like a monkey.
    • ʻOia nohoʻi hā kona mea i hele ai, so that's why he went; no wonder he went.
    • E hele mai ā ʻike he ʻoia kaʻu, come and see the truth with me.
  • References:

2. Particle ʻo + ia #1.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

Same as ō #2 and oi #2; to keep doing, persevere, continue.

personal pronoun, third persson singular He, she, or it; the o is emphatic. See ia. Gram. § 53 and 54, 3. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off; it is not so often used for things as for persons; ʻoia iho no, he by himself. 1 Nal. 18:6.

v., To continue; to endure; to remain the same; oia mau no ia, it is always the same; he oia, ka mea hawawa i ka heenalu, hai ka papa, the awkward person always breaks the board in riding on the surf. Hooia. To consent; to affirm; to assent; to confess; to admit a truth or fact; to profess. Kanl. 26:3. To avouch. Kanl #26:17, 18. NOTE.—The ideas of being, existence, continuance, firmness and truth are from the same root, and has the same form as the third pers. sing, of the pronoun, and supply in some measure the place of the substantive verb. See Gram. § 136, 1st.

s., Yes; verity; truth; also hooia, same.

adv., Yes; it is so; a strong affirmative.

s., A species of fish.

personal pronoun, third person singular, He, she, or it; the ʻo is emphatic. See ia. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off. It is not so often used for things as for persons: ʻoia iho no, he hy himself.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

v., To express consent; to utter a willingness to comply; accede; cease opposition.

v., To submerge; He oia ka mea hawawa i ka heenalu, the unskillful surf rider plunges under water.

v., [Passive of o, to pierce.] To be pierced, stabbed; to be killed. O ia ke kanaka i ka ihe. (Properly two words.)

n., Same as oiaio.

n., Incorrect form of oio. A species of fish.

adv., Yes; it is so; a strong affirmative. Syn: Pela.

yes; it is so.

pro. pers, third person sing, he, ahe, it, the e is emphatic. See ia.

v. to continue, endure.

v, hoo-to consent, to affirm, to assent, to confess, to admit a truth.

s. hoo-yes, verity, truth.

s. a species of fish.

adv. yes, it is so, a strong affirmative,

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