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nvs., Softly fragrant; soft fragrance or perfume, aroma; gentle and sweet, as the eyes or disposition; inviting, attractive, alluring, lovely.

• Examples:
  • Kole maka onaona, sweet-eyed kole (a fish), [said of a person with alluring eyes].
• Related:
  • hoʻōnaona Caus/sim.; To impart fragrance; attractive, sweet, alluring.
    • Hoʻōnaona i ka iʻa, to attract fish, as with the melomelo, baited stick.
    • Hoʻōnaona hoʻi nā maka o kēia keiki, what attractive, sweet eyes this boy has.
• References:
  • Cf. maka onaona, friend.

1. adj., Weary; fatigued; faint, as from traveling.

2. Faint; dizzy, from weakness or want of food; poniuniu.

3. Applied to food; unpalatable; ono ole; wai onaona, bad tasted water; huewai onaona, bad smelling calabash.

adj., Beautiful; graceful; pretty faced; he mau maka onaona, he maikai, he nani; ka wehiwehi i ka onaona i ke ala; beautiful; applied to the eyes and face; rosy cheeks.

s., A pleasant, odoriferous smell, as of a rose; aka e hai aku i ke ala ame ke onaona, ame ka pukue o ka naauao; onaona ala, a pleasant smell; me ka honi ala onaona, alaila hoi ka makani ala onaona, e nu ana ma ke kaena nei; maluna o ka onaona ala launa.

1. adj., Weary; fatigued; faint, as from traveling.

2. adj., Faint; dizzy, from weakness or want of food; poniuniu.

3. adj., Applied to food; unpalatable; ono ole; wai onaona, water of bad taste; huewai onaona, bad smelling calabash.

4. adj., Beautiful; graceful; neat, pretty faced: he mau maka onaona, he maikai, he nani; ka wehiwehi i ka onaona i ke ala; beautiful; applied to the eyes and face; rosy cheeks.

1. n., A pleasant odor.

2. n., Any plant emitting an agreeable scent.

v., To be attracted or drawn to by an alluring or inviting quality or property, as fishes when a baited hook is let down.

To come around, as fishes when a baited hook is let down. Hoʻonaona i ka iʻa, to attract fish, as with the melomelo (baited stick).

Beautiful, graceful. Ka wehiwehi i ka onaona i ke ʻala, beautiful, as applied to the eyes and face, rosy cheeks. Odoriferous, as a rose; pleasant fragrance or perfume.