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1. idiom, Resembling, like.

• Examples:
  • Ke pinana kēlā keiki i ke kumulāʻau, ʻoia nō ʻoe ʻo ke keko, when that child climbs the tree, he's just like a monkey.
  • ʻOia nō ʻoe ʻo ke kaimana, just like a diamond.
  • He nuku moi ʻoe, like a moi [fish] beak.

2. pronoun, You (singular), thou.

• Related:
  • ʻOe ponoʻī, ʻoe iho, you yourself.
• References:
  • Gram. 8.2.
  • PPN koe.

3. idiom, Much, indeed (sometimes following nō or connecting enumerations).

• Examples:
  • Ua nui ka mea ʻai, ʻo ka puaʻa ʻoe, ʻo ka lūʻau ʻoe, ʻo ka limu ʻoe, there was much food, pork, taro greens, and seaweed.
  • I laila nō ʻoe, pau ka hoihoi, no more fun there at all.

Variant spelling of ʻowē.