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1. nvi., Stingy, selfish, to withhold, detain, grudge, refuse to part with; stinginess; sparingly.

• Examples:
  • Home hoʻopaʻa ʻauʻa ʻia, detention home.
  • Mai hoʻi mai māua i nehinehi, ʻo ka ʻauʻa hoʻi o ka makamaka, we would have returned yesterday, but were detained by friends.
  • Ua ʻauʻa ke kahuna, the sorcerer refuses to part with his knowledge.

2. n., A kind of ʻōpelu fish said to be larger than others in a school and hence more visible. When net fishermen see an ʻauʻa they know a school is present; the ʻauʻa then can not be caught [he refuses].

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• Related:
  • Hoʻopaʻi ʻauʻa. Detention, as punishment at school.
  • Hoʻopaʻi ʻauʻa i ka wā kula. In-school detention.
  • Hoʻopaʻi ʻauʻa muli kula. After-school detention.

Close, hard, stingy, parsimonious.

Withhold; detain; refuse to part with.