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1. vt., To scoop out, dub out, as a log for a canoe, or as of the action of the sea on the coast; to peck, chisel out, gouge, undermine, erode, bore.

• Figuratively, blunt, cruel, harsh in speech; to rebuke; digging, scooping, etc.
• Preceded by ke.
• Examples:
  • Ua pao ʻia ʻo Pua e ka hoahānau, Pua was rebuked by the cousin.
  • Pao ka lima, ʻae ka waha, the hand bores from below, the mouth says yes.
• Related:
  • Pōhaku pao, stone chisel.
• References:
  • Cf. paokeʻe, paokoke, paomoni.
  • PEP paʻo.

2. vt., To insert, stick in, as wood into a fire; to stoke, as coal into a furnace.

• References:
  • Cf. imu pao, pao ahi.

3. n., Cave, pit, cavern.

• Related:
  • Lua pao, pit cave, as for burial.

4. n., Arch of a bridge, bridge.

• References:
  • See ōpuhe pao lāʻau, kila pao, manu pao lāʻau, mū pao lau.

1. v., Pa, to strike, and o, point. To peck with the bill, as a bird; pao iho la ka manu, he elepaio i ka huewai o ke kanaka a puka.

2. To dig out with a chisel; to dig, as in a rock. Isa. 22:16.

3. To dig down in the ground; to dig deeply, as in digging a deep pit.

1. s., An arch of a bridge; the bridge itself; a prop; art. ke.

2. An oven or shallow pit; a place dug out.

3. An artificial cavern.

4. A concealed or hidden pit, or a pit to hide things in; he lua huna; a gutter or drain, as that of a cellar stoned in and buried under ground.

5. A species of sweet potato.

6. A species of small and singular looking fish.

1. n., A variety of sweet potato. Syn: paoo.

2. n., A fish of the oopu family, found only in salt water. Syn: paoo.

1. n., An arch of a bridge; the bridge itself; a prop. (Takes the article ke.)

2. n., An oven or shallow pit; a place dug out.

3. n., An artificial cavern.

4. n., A concealed or hidden pit, or a pit to hide things in; a covered gutter or drain.

[Pa, to strike, and o, point.]

1. v., To peck with the bill, as a bird: pao iho la ka manu, he elepaio i ka huewai o ke kanaka a puka.

2. v., To dig out with a chisel; to dig, as in a rock.

3. v., To dig down in the ground; to dig deeply, as in digging a deep pit.

Species of sweet potato plant; sprouting pieces of those broken or thrown away.

Chisel.

to peck like a bird; to dig from below; dig out with chisel.

Cave, pit, cavern (PE).