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1. nvs., A common and broadly used loaʻa-type word (Gram. 4.4); many meanings depend on qualifying words. Firm, solid, tight, solidified, adhering, durable, fast, fixed, stuck, secure, closed, jelled, congealed, frozen, hard, sound (as wood), busy, occupied, engaged, definite, steadfast, permanent; finished, completed, whole, complete, learned, memorized, mastered, retained, kept permanently; stubborn, determined, constipated, solid or fast, as colors; sturdy, as cloth, furniture; strong and vigorous; versed in, learned in; one who holds, a bearer; to hold, bear, keep, detain, withhold; a solid, as in geometry; to wear well, as clothes; to look well or not show age, of a person.

• Examples:
  • Mea paʻa ipu hao, a pot holder.
  • ʻAila paʻa, thick grease.
  • Paʻa ā paʻa, held fast.
  • Paʻa i ka ʻole, to deny persistently.
  • Paʻa mele, one versed in songs.
  • Paʻa maila ʻo uka i nā kānaka (FS 71), the shore was packed solid with people.
  • Paʻa ka wai ā lilo i hau, water solidified into ice.
  • Paʻa ʻoia ma ka pono, he is steadfast in righteousness.
  • Paʻa ka manaʻo, determined in thought; to have made up one's mind.
  • Ua paʻa kaʻu haʻawina, my lesson is learned.
  • Mea paʻa molaki, mortgagee.
  • Paʻa ka hale hou, the new house is finished.
  • Hana paʻa, steady work.
  • Uku paʻa, fixed salary.
  • Noho paʻa, permanent residence.
  • Paʻa i ka ʻūkele, stuck in the mud.
  • Kanu paʻa, to bury whole, as a body.
  • Paʻa ke kelepona, the telephone line is busy.
  • Paʻa i ka hana, very busy working.
  • Paʻa ka puka, the door is closed.
  • Mai paʻa ʻoe iaʻu, don't detain me.
  • E paʻa ā paʻa ʻolua i ke kaula, hold fast to the rope.
  • Hoʻonoho ihola lākou iāia ma kahi paʻa (Nah. 15.34), they put him in custody.
  • Ua paʻa iāia ka waha o ka poʻe Sadukaio (Mat. 22.34), he had silenced the mouths of the Sadducees.
  • Paʻa mai me ona lole ʻauʻau, bring some bathing suits too.
  • Mai paʻa i ka leo, he ʻole ka hea mai (hula password), do not withhold the voice, or refuse to call to us [said by one wishing permission to enter a hula].
  • I paʻa ke kino i ka lāʻau, that the body be strengthened by medicine.
  • Nā lole i paʻa mua, ready-made clothes.
  • E loaʻa ai ke anapaʻa o nā paʻa, obtaining the cubic content of a solid.
• Related:
  • hoʻopaʻa Caus/sim.; To make fast, firm, hard, tight, solid; to bind, attach, moor, snub, hold fast to, hold back, keep, restrain, confine, detain, withhold, reserve, close, catch; to learn, memorize, master, study, complete, fix; to record, as music; to plug or seal, as a hole; to subscribe, as to a newspaper; to order, reserve, register; to insist on, persist; to insure; to bolt, as a door; to muzzle (Kanl. 25.4); drummer and hula chanter (the memorizer); insurance.
    • Cf. hoʻopaʻa haʻawina, mea hoʻopaʻa, ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻa.
    • Hoʻopaʻa kuleana, to copyright, establish ownership.
    • Hoʻopaʻa aʻo hana, apprentice.
    • Hoʻopaʻa inoa, to register, enroll.
    • Hoʻopaʻa i ka hau, to freeze (i.e., ice solidifies).
    • I hoʻopaʻa mai iā lākou iho (Nak. 27), to bind themselves [as under contract to a chief].
    • Hoʻopaʻa hao, to weld.
    • Hoʻopaʻa leho, to get calluses from work.
    • Hoʻopaʻa manawa, to make an appointment.
    • Hoʻopaʻa ola, life insurance.
    • Uku hoʻopaʻa, insurance premium.
    • Leka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, registered letter.
    • Hoʻopaʻa ihola lāua ā ʻelua i berita (Kin. 21.27), the two together sealed a covenant.
    • Mea hoʻopaʻa, stopper.
    • Hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo, to keep the minutes; to record a story.
    • Ua hoʻopaʻa au i mau noho no māua i ka ʻaha mele, I reserved some seats for us at the concert.
    • Hoʻopaʻa i kāna ʻae, holding back his consent.
• References:
  • See paʻa kāhili.

2. n., Pair, couple; couplet.

• References:
  • Cf. paʻa kāmaʻa, paʻa lio, paʻa male.

3. n., Suit of clothes.

• Related:
  • Nā paʻa kapa (Lunk. 14.12), garments.

4. n., Stratum, foundation, especially paʻailalo, earth, and paʻailuna, heavens.

5. n., Extremity, border.

6. n., Type of sweet potato, pronunciation not certain.

• References:
  • For. 5:664–5.

1. nvt., To tie, bind, lash, make fast; to snub, as cattle; net lashing, as for a hue wai, gourd; thong.

• Figuratively, umbilical cord; to eat.
• Examples:
  • E hāwele ʻoukou ʻo kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i kāna pahi kaua (1 Sam. 25.13), gird ye on every man his sword.

2. n., A type of tapa (no data).

1. n., Nose, snout, beak, bill, trunk of air elephant, toe of a shoe; a kiss.

• Examples:
  • Moe ka ihu o ka puaʻa, the nose of the pig is laid down [a pig offered as a sacrifice].
  • Kū ka ihu, elevated nose; figuratively,, superior, proud.
  • ʻElepani ihu peleleu (song), longtrunked elephant.
  • ʻUme i ka ihu, to draw on the nose [with the hand, i.e., to weep].
  • Laʻa ka ihu iā Kekalukalu-o-kēwa (Laie 505), reserve the kiss for Kekalukalu-o-kēwā.
  • Aia i ka ihu a ka lio ka ʻai, the food is at the horse's nose [in the direction the horse is going].
• Related:
  • Often qualified, as with the following: ʻami, irregular-shaped bridge; kikiwi, hooked; kū, piʻi, tilted (figuratively,, haughty); lapalapa, highbridged; mamana, mene, papa, pepe, ʻū, broad and flat; manana, distended, of nostrils; meumeu, snub; nanā, snarling (figuratively,, quarrelsome); winiwini, sharp.
• References:
  • See ex., kaninonino and sayings, mau #1, maʻu #1.
  • PPN isu.

2. n., Prow or bow of a canoe or ship.

3. n., Thick end of pearl-shell shank.

vi., To turn away the face, as in order to avoid seeing someone. Maka pāweo, to avert the eyes. Ā he aha kāu hana e pāweo nei, ē ka makani Puʻu-lena (song), why are you turning away. O Puʻu-lena wind. hoʻo.pā.weo To cause to turn away, snub, etc.