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1. v., To ripen; to become ripe, as fruit. Ios. 3:15.

2. Applied to men; he kanaka oo loa, a full grown man; he kanaka elemakule. ua oo.

3. To come to maturity, as children grown up to manhood.

1. v., See o, to pierce, dot into, &c. To crowd or cram into, as tobacco into a pipe; e oo iho i ka ipubaka i paa ai ka ipubaka ke puhi aku; e nounou.

2. To crowd herbs, &c., of an inflammatory nature into the vagina of a female to procure abortion.

3. To pierce with a sharp instrument the fœtus in the womb; oo no lakou i na keiki, ua nui na kamalii i make pela. See aomilo. He nui wale na wahine i oo i ka lakou mau keiki i ka manawa e hapai ai.

4. To commit infanticide generally, of which the Hawaiians had a variety of methods.

5. To stab or pierce, as with a spear; oo iho la laua i ko Keeaumoku kua i ka pahoa, they two stabbed the back of Keeaumoku with a pahoa.

s., Name of the process by which a child was killed in the womb.

s., The instrument anciently used by Hawaiians in cultivating the ground. Originally it was made of some hard wood flattened and sharpened at one end so as to dig with. The kinds of wood were the alahee, ulei, kauila, the uhiuhi, &c. Iron since its introduction has taken the place of these kinds of woods.

s., Name of a species of bird living in the mountains in the daytime and flies to the sea at night; a small brown bird, web-footed.

s., Name of a species of bird found in great numbers on Hawaii; the feathers were much valued by the chiefs for ornamenting their persons.

s., Name of a large fly brush.

1. adj., Ripe; mature, as fruit. Ier. 24:2.

2. Applied also to full grown young people; ai oo mua, first ripe fruit. Puk. 22:29.

1. adj., Ripe; mature, as fruit: ai oo mua, first ripe fruit.

2. adj., Applied also to full grown young people; mature.

1. n., The bird (Mono nobilis) which furnished feathers from which the ahuula or feather cloaks were made.

2. n., A large kahili or fly brush made of the feathers of the oo.

n., Implement anciently used by Hawaiians in cultivating the ground. Originally it was made of some hard wood flattened and sharpened at one end for digging. The kinds of wood were the alahee, ulei, kauila, uhiuhi, etc. Iron, after its introduction, took the place of these woods.

1. v., To ripen; to become ripe, as fruit.

2. v., Applied to men; to reach maturity: he kanaka oo loa, a full grown man; he kanaka elemakule, ua oo. To come to maturity, as children grown up to manhood.

v., [O, to pierce.] To crowd or cram into, as tobacco into a pipe; e oo iho i ka ipubaka i paa ai ka ipubaka ke puhi aku; e nounou.