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1. vi., Split, cracked, burst, grooved; to split, crack.

• Figuratively, bereaved, forsaken.
• Examples:
  • ʻAʻohe pono ka nohona o nā keiki ʻoā makua ʻole, the life of forsaken, parentless children is not good.
• Related:
  • Also: ʻowā
  • hōʻowā Caus/sim.; To cause to split, crack.

2. See also ʻowā #1, ʻowā #2, ʻowā #3, ʻowā #4, ʻowā #5.

kikino, As in a sidewalk. Crack or split.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• References:
  • Cf. kōā.

hehele, To crack or split.

• References:
  • See neʻe ʻoā.

In science. The suffix -lysis.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See ʻoā monakō.

To split, as a log or board; timber in a shipʻs hull; five parallel lines on which music is written.