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paha
1. nvt., To improvise a chant; an improvised or conversation chant, as the kepakepa.
- References:
- PCP pa(f,s)a.
2. n., Uncooked young taro leaves.
3. Same as kūpala, a plant.
4. n., A kind of surfboard.
5. Short for pahāha.
6. Particle, Maybe, perhaps, probably, possibly, may, might (very common, used to make speech less blunt and more conciliatory, something like English use of the conditional mode; it frequently follows ʻaʻole and pēlā, and never occurs after a pause).
- Examples:
- ʻAʻole paha, maybe not, possibly not, likely not, probably not.
- Pēlā paha, maybe so.
- Ā … paha, or.
- ʻElua ā ʻekolu paha (For. 4:259), two or three.
- ʻO ka poʻe kōkua e hana i kekahi hewa ʻofeni, ā ua noho paha malaila, the people who help in the committing of an offense, or are present there.
- Hele paha, [I] may [or might] go.
- References:
- Gram. 7.5.
- PCP pa(f,s)a.
pāhā
/ pā.hā /vt., By fours, four at a time, four times; to distribute to four; to divide by four.
PA-HA
s. Pride; haughtiness of bearing. See PAHAHA.
PA-HA
s. The name of a plant, the leaf of which is used for food during a scarcity; in some places it is called kapala.
2. A surf board; he papa heenalu.
paha
/ PA-HA /v., To be proud; to boast; to be lofty in one's bearing. See pahapaha.
PA-HA
adv. Perhaps; it may be so, &c.; expressive of doubt. NOTE.—It is often used when there is very little or no doubt; a frequent expletive; ae paha, yes perhaps, a polite way of assenting to one's opinion while the speaker withholds full belief, or even holds to an opposite opinion.
Paha (pā'-ha), adv.
/ pā'-ha /Perhaps; it may be so, etc.; expressive of doubt. [Paha is often used when there is very little or no doubt; a frequent expletive: ae paha, yes perhaps a polite way of assenting to one's opinion while the speaker withholds full belief, or even holds to an opposite opinion.]
Paha (pā'-hā'), adv. and adj.
/ pā'-hā' /Four times; by fours.
Paha (pă'-ha), n.
/ pă'-ha /Same as pala, a plant of the amau class, the leaf of which is used for food during a scarcity; in some places it is called kapala.
2. A surf board; he papa heenalu.
Paha (pā'-ha), n.
/ pā'-ha /Pride; haughtiness of bearing.
paha
/ pā'-ha /v., To be proud; to boast; to be lofty in one's bearing. Syn: Pahapaha.
paha
Long surfboard of wiliwili wood.
paha
Wild sweet potato or morning glory with enlarged tuber eaten in time of famine. (PE.) The leaf of a plant eaten in time of scarcity. (A.) Also called kūpala.
paha
Variety of sweet potato much like koali ʻuala with a heart- shaped leaf. Roots were generally used only as hog feed but were cooked for humans in time of famine. (HP 133.) A wild sweet potato; name of a plant eaten in time of scarcity. Also called kabala, kūbala. (A.; PE.)
paha
perhaps.
paha’
four-fold.
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