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nvs., Hurt, in pain, painful, aching, sore, pained; pain, injury, ailment, suffering, soreness, aching; to hurt, pain, cause suffering or pang.

• Examples:
  • ʻEha koni, throbbing ache; figuratively, throbbing love.
  • He ʻeha konikoni i ka puʻuwai, the heart throbs with agony [of love].
  • ʻEha i ka ʻeha lima ʻole, aching with an ache not inflicted by [human] hands [love].
  • ʻA ʻole e ʻeha ke keiki o Kauaʻi iāʻoe (For. 5:411), you won't hurt the Kauaʻi lad.
  • E ʻeha ana ʻoia iaʻu, I will hurt him.
  • ʻEha o ke kua, backache.
  • Nāna wale nō ka ʻeha, ā koe ke kaikuaʻana huhū (For. 4:37), only he inflicted pain, until [only] the angry older brother was left.
• Related:
  • hōʻeha Caus/sim.; To inflict pain or punishment, to hurt, oppress.
• References:
  • See mea ʻeha.
  • Gram. 4.4.

Pain, ache, hurt; to suffer such.