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1. nvs. Truth; true.

  • Examples:
    • ʻOia nō! Yes, that's so; that's right, really.
    • ʻĀ ʻoia, certainly, that's right, really.
    • ʻOia ʻea! Is that so! So that's it!
    • ʻOia hoʻi! So it is! That's so! Namely … , as follows …
    • ʻOia paha, maybe so, all right (as in reluctant acquiescence).
    • Maka-puʻu lā a ʻoia mai, just this side of Maka-puʻu.
    • Ke nānā aku ʻoe i kēlā keiki, ʻoia nō ʻoe ʻo ke keko, when you look at that child, [he's] just like a monkey.
    • ʻOia nohoʻi hā kona mea i hele ai, so that's why he went; no wonder he went.
    • E hele mai ā ʻike he ʻoia kaʻu, come and see the truth with me.
  • References:

2. Particle ʻo + ia #1.

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personal pronoun, third persson singular He, she, or it; the o is emphatic. See ia. Gram. § 53 and 54, 3. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off; it is not so often used for things as for persons; ʻoia iho no, he by himself. 1 Nal. 18:6.

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personal pronoun, third person singular, He, she, or it; the ʻo is emphatic. See ia. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off. It is not so often used for things as for persons: ʻoia iho no, he hy himself.

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